U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2024

United States v. Randy Cofield

United States v. Randy Cofield
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided June 5, 2024

United States v. Randy Cofield

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 23-13451 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 06/05/2024 Page: 1 of 3

[DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-13451 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RANDY EUGENE COFIELD,

Defendant-Appellant.

____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia D.C. Docket No. 3:22-cr-00019-TES-CHW-1 ____________________ USCA11 Case: 23-13451 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 06/05/2024 Page: 2 of 3

2 Opinion of the Court 23-13451

____________________ No. 23-13458 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RANDY EUGENE COFIELD,

Defendant-Appellant.

____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia D.C. Docket No. 3:22-cr-00026-TES-CHW-1 ____________________ Before WILSON, BRASHER, and ABUDU, 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) USCA11 Case: 23-13451 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 06/05/2024 Page: 3 of 3

23-13451 Opinion of the Court 3 (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); United States v. Boyd, 975 F.3d 1185, 1192 (11th Cir. 2020) (sentence appeal waiver was enforceable because the district court “effectively conveyed to [the defendant] that he was giving up his right to appeal his sentence under most circumstances”).

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