U.S. v. SALAS-FERNÁNDEZ

No. 08-2015.

620 F.3d 45 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edgardo SALAS-FERNÁNDEZ, a/k/a "Baby," Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irma R. Valldejuli on brief for appellant.

Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Chief, Appellate Division, and Luke Cass , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

As framed by the parties, this appeal poses two questions. The first concerns the preclusive effect, if any, of a waiver-of-appeal provision with respect to an order for restitution. The second concerns the appropriateness of the order itself. We bypass the first question and uphold the order on the merits.

The background events are easily recounted. On March 20, 2008, defendant-appellant Edgardo Salas-Fernández pleaded

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