United States v. James Hughes

Summary

The court upheld the validity of Hughes's guilty plea and appellate waiver after finding that the district court substantially complied with Rule 11 and that Hughes knowingly and intelligently waived his appellate rights. It dismissed the appeal as to issues within the waiver, including the challenge to the sentence's reasonableness, and affirmed any issue outside the waiver's scope. The court found no other meritorious appellate issue under its Anders review.