U.S. v. KRATZ

No. 98-1771.

179 F.3d 1039 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oswald P. KRATZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1999.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing August 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Edward Leggans, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, Michael C. Carr (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Chaka M. Patterson (argued), Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY, DIANE P. WOOD and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc August 11, 1999.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Oswald Kratz knowingly and voluntarily waived his rights of appeal. Unhappy with his sentence, he now offers a clever argument to expand the circumstances in which a defendant's appellate rights survive a knowing and voluntary waiver of those same rights. Under the facts of this case, we cannot accept this argument. We therefore enforce Kratz's waiver...

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