United States v. Carlo Castro

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• noting that, to constitute a miscarriage of justice, “[i]t is not enough that an issue be meritorious”
• explaining that the Government’s “complete failure of proof” on the falsity element of a false-statements conviction required reversal, as “the conviction [was] infected with plain error and constitute[d] a miscarriage of justice”
• noting that, where the record is devoid of evidence of factual guilt, enforcing “an appellate waiver . . . grounded on a claim of insufficiency of evidence [would] amount[] to a miscarriage of justice”
• noting that, where the record is devoid of evidence of factual guilt, enforcing “an appellate waiver . . . grounded on a claim of insufficiency of evidence [would] amount[] to a miscarriage of justice”
• enforcing an appellate waiver on a “garden variety” claim that the district court erroneously calculated the Guidelines range
• rejecting appellant’s argument that “a district court’s emphases and omissions during a plea colloquy may [] alter the defendant’s understanding of the plain terms of the plea agreement.”

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