US v. Gonzalez-Colon, No. 08-1024

Appeal of defendants' sentences for conspiring to distribute a controlled substance is dismissed as each defendant signed a valid and enforceable waiver of their rights to appeal their sentences in their respective plea agreement under the standard set forth in US v. Teeter, 257 F.3d 14 (1st Cir. 2001).    

Read US v. Gonzalez-Colon, No. 08-1024

Appellate Information

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Decided September 14, 2009

Judges

Before: Torruella, Seyla, and Tashima, Circuit Judges.   

Opinion by Tashima, Senior Circuit Judge 

Counsel

For Appellant: Linda A. Backiel, Michael Raymond Hasse  

For Appellee:  Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney, Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief Appellate Division.