United States v. Terry E. Norris

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: January 16, 2018
• Docket: 17-12666
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 17-12666 Date Filed: 01/16/2018 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________

No. 17-12666 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________

D.C. Docket No. 3:15-cr-00052-BJD-JRK-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

TERRY E. NORRIS, a.k.a. T, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ________________________

(January 16, 2018)

Before MARCUS, JULIE CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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 Case: 17-12666 Date Filed: 01/16/2018 Page: 2 of 2

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. Rubbo, 396 F.3d 1330, 1334 (11th Cir. 2005) (plea agreements are like

contracts and should be interpreted in accord with what the parties intended).