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No. 10-4201
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at New Bern.
Louise W. Flanagan,
Chief District Judge. (7:09-cr-00009-FL-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Windell
Norwood
Hicks
pled
guilty,
pursuant
to
imprisonment,
range.
within
his
advisory
Sentencing
Guidelines
has
filed
supplemental
pro
se
brief
in
which
he
The
United States v.
We review the
appealed
is
covered
by
the
waiver.
United
States
v.
An appellate waiver
Id. at 169.
knowing
and
intelligent,
circumstances,
including
we
the
examine
the
experience
totality
of
the
conduct
of
the
and
with
the
terms
of
the
plea
agreement.
United
States v. General, 278 F.3d 389, 400 (4th Cir. 2002) (internal
quotation marks and citation omitted).
court
fully
questions
defendant
Generally, if a district
regarding
the
waiver
of
record
indicates
significance
of
that
the
the
waiver
defendant
and
was
understood
not
denied
the
full
effective
United States v.
Hicks
appeal.
knowingly
In
his
plea
and
intelligently
agreement,
Hicks
waived
his
explicitly
right
waived
to
the
Rule
11
agreement.
hearing
that
he
read
and
understood
the
plea
under Rule 11, ensuring that Hicks understood the charges and
potential penalties and that Hicks was competent to enter the
plea.
We
therefore
conclude
3
that
Hicks
knowingly
and
The
issues
Hicks
seeks
to
raise
on
appeal
fall
issues
not
Therefore
we
covered
affirm
by
the
Hicks
waiver
and
conviction
and
have
found
grant
the
may
move
representation.
in
and
materials
legal
before
court
for
leave
to
withdraw
from
this
contentions
the
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
the
aid
the
decisional process.