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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 17-14765-HH
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
DEXTER DAVIS,
a.k.a. Stump,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Georgia
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Before: WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR and JORDAN Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
The Government’s motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to the appeal
waiver in Appellant’s plea agreement is GRANTED. See United States v. Bushert,
997 F.2d 1343, 1350-51 (11th Cir. 1993) (sentence appeal waiver will be enforced
if it was made knowingly and voluntarily); United States v. Grinard-Henry, 399
F.3d 1294, 1296 (11th Cir. 2005) (waiver of the right to appeal includes waiver of
the right to appeal difficult or debatable legal issues or even blatant error).
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JORDAN, Circuit Judge, concurring:
There is an ambiguity in Mr. Davis’ appeal waiver because it is unclear who
is the arbiter concerning the applicable “advisory guideline range.” Here,
however, the ambiguity does not help Mr. Davis because even under his theory, the
guideline range was 151-188 months, and he received a sentence of 144 months.
In other words, Mr. Davis did not receive a sentence that “exceeds the advisory
guidelines range,” no matter how that range is calculated.
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