Fourth Circuit: US v. David Williams, III

Sentencing

No procedural error in sentencing colloquy.

Sentences imposed as a result of plea agreements based on a specific rule of procedure are not appealable on grounds of substantive unreasonableness unless they expressly incorporate an element of the Guidelines.  Circuit split flagged.

http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/144680.P.pdf