Fourth Circuit: US v. Gregory Brantley

 

The time limit for appealing un-pronounced elements of the sentence is a mandatory claims-processing rule, and since the govt timely requested dismissal, equitable waiver is unavailable. Deft's analogy to appeal waivers inapposite, since in that case, imposition of sentence happens after (otherwise appealable) judgment is issued.  Terms of a judgment are presumptively binding, and deft was put on notice of them when judgment issued.

US v. Gregory Brantley