Legal Opinion
United States v. Angel Tang
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 2, 2000No. 1999PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal in a criminal case concerns the validity of a waiver of appeal and the availability of the so-called “safety valve” provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), which exempts certain narcotics offenders from mandatory minimum sentences. It also implicates the question of what, if any, advice concerning appellate rights is appropriate when such rights have been fully or partially waived. Angel Tang appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Thomas P. Griesa, then-Chief Judge), rejecting use of the safety…
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