United States v. Benjamin General, A/K/A Barkim

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• acknowledging that \arguments contending that sentence was imposed upon constitutionally impermissible factors or that sentence exceeds the statutory maximum are not barred by contractual waivers.\
• noting that a psychological evaluation was “entitled to significant weight” where it constituted “the most recent and comprehensive evaluation of [the defendant’s] competency”
• noting that the written plea agreement provided the Rule 11 information omitted in the plea colloquy
• noting that defendant “was cooperative during the sentencing hearing and informed the district court that he was able to discuss and review the presentence report with his attorney”
• upholding appeal waiver for represented defendant with ninth-grade education even though district court did not expressly ask about it
• enforcing waiver and dismissing challenge to sentences based on numerous errors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).