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No. 06-4090
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Roger W. Titus, District Judge. (8:05-cr00304-RWT)
Submitted:
March 9, 2007
Decided:
April 4, 2007
Fred Warren Bennett, BENNETT & BAIR, LLP, Greenbelt, Maryland, for
Appellant.
Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Sandra
Wilkinson, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland,
for Appellee.
PER CURIAM:
Martha Ann Lawson seeks to appeal her sentence to fifty
months
in
prison
and
five
years
of
supervised
release
after
She
[the
defendant]
may
raise
any
claim
relating
to
the
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Governments
breach
of
plea
agreement
bears
the
burden
of
Where a
party raises the alleged breach for the first time on appeal, we
review for plain error.
66 (4th Cir. 1997).
that the plea agreement was breached, but also that the breach was
so obvious and substantial that failure to notice and correct it
affect[ed] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of the
judicial proceedings.
It
413 (4th Cir. 1994) (quoting United States v. Ringling, 988 F.2d
504, 506 (4th Cir. 1993)).
Id.
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the
plea
agreement,
the
parties
stipulated
that
agree[d]
to
seek
sentence
within
the
advisory
Prior
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We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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