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No. 13-4461
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro.
N. Carlton Tilley,
Jr., Senior District Judge. (1:12-cr-00362-NCT-2)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Caesar
Ponce
Rodriguez
appeals
his
conviction
and
right to file a pro se supplemental brief but has not done so.
The Government has declined to file a response brief.
For the
accepting
guilty
plea,
the
district
court
United States v. DeFusco, 949 F.2d 114, 116 (4th Cir. 1991).
The court also must ensure that the plea is voluntary, supported
by an independent factual basis, and not the result of force,
threats, or promises outside the plea agreement.
P. 11(b)(2), (3).
2
Fed. R. Crim.
337,
342
(4th
Cir.
2009).
To
establish
plain
error,
the
error
substantial
was
plain,
rights.
and
Henderson
(3)
v.
the
United
error
affected
States,
133
his
S.
Ct.
that
he
would
not
have
pled
guilty
but
for
the
of
judicial
proceedings.
United
States
v.
Nicholson, 676 F.3d 376, 381 (4th Cir. 2012) (internal quotation
marks omitted).
Our review of the record reveals that the district
court substantially complied with the requirements of Rule 11 in
conducting
omissions
the
or
plea
colloquy.
misstatements
While
during
the
the
court
colloquy,
made
see
minor
Fed.
R.
of Rule 11, ensuring that the plea was knowing, voluntary, and
3
and enforceable.
We
review
Rodriguezs
sentence
for
reasonableness,
the
district
court
committed
Gall v.
no
significant
procedural
and
inadequate
explanation
of
the
sentence
imposed.
Gall, 552 U.S. at 51; see United States v. Lynn, 592 F.3d 572,
575 (4th Cir. 2010).
United
The
we
find
no
procedural
error,
we
examine
the
We presume
F.3d at 379.
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record
in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal.
We therefore affirm Rodriguezs conviction and sentence.
This
representation.
contentions
this
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED