United States v. Osias
United States v. Osias
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v. No. 96-4058
TONY OSIAS, Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Richard L. Voorhees, Chief District Judge. (CR-94-40-V)
Submitted: December 12, 1996
Decided: December 24, 1996
Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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COUNSEL
George V. Laughrun, II, GOODMAN, CARR, NIXON, LAUGH- RUN & LEVINE, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Mark T. Calloway, United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
_________________________________________________________________ Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).
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OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Tony Osias appeals from the sentence imposed by the district court his plea of guilty to involvement in a crack cocaine conspiracy in vio- lation of
21 U.S.C. § 846(1994). We affirm.
In his plea agreement Osias waived his right to appeal except for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel or prosecutorial miscon- duct. This waiver was discussed at the Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 colloquy and is therefore valid and fully enforceable. United States v. Broughton-Jones,
71 F.3d 1143, 1146(4th Cir. 1995). Of the claims Osias raised on appeal, only one is reviewable under the waiver provi- sion. Osias alludes to prosecutorial misconduct in his claim that the trial court erred in not applying the safety valve provision of the United States Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual, § 5C1.2 (Nov. 1994). Osias claims that the prosecutor breached a stipulation in the plea agreement that there would be no enhancements to the base offense level and that this stipulation precluded the Government from arguing that Osias was a "leader/organizer" in the conspiracy for the purpose of denying him the benefit of § 5C1.2. This claim is with- out merit because there was no stipulation but rather an agreement to not recommend further enhancements. Further, § 5C1.2 does not involve enhancements and the Government did not argue for any enhancements. As for Osias's other claims, he has waived the right to appeal. Broughton-Jones,
71 F.3d at 1146. Accordingly, we deny Osias's motion to file a pro se supplemental brief and reply brief and the Government's motion to file a response, and we affirm.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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