U.S. v. TANG

Docket No. 99-1726.

214 F.3d 365 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel TANG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 8, 2000.

As Amended June 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Jacobs, New York, N.Y., for defendant-appellant.

Meir Feder, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y. (Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., Baruch Weiss, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, KEARSE, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in a criminal case concerns the validity of a waiver of appeal and the availability of the so-called "safety valve" provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), which exempts certain narcotics offenders from mandatory minimum sentences. It also implicates the question of what, if any, advice concerning appellate rights is appropriate when such rights have been fully or partially waived. Angel Tang appeals from the judgment of the...

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