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United States v. Carr

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 22, 2011
463 F. App'x 639 (9th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 10-30371 D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00222-RAJ-1

12-22-2011

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CRAIG THOMAS CARR, Defendant - Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Washington

Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Craig T. Carr appeals from the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to one count of sexual exploitation of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(c)(1) and (c)(2)(A). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The matter is ripe for review. See United States v. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, 441 F.3d 767, 771-72 (9th Cir. 2006); United States v. Williams, 356 F.3d 1045, 1051 (9th Cir. 2004). We dismiss the appeal.

Whether a defendant has waived the right to appeal is a question of law reviewed de novo. United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 981 (9th Cir. 2009). In his plea agreement, Carr waived "to the full extent of the law" "[a]ny right . . . to appeal the sentence" so long as the custodial sentence was "within or below the Sentencing Guidelines range." This waiver was effective as to the terms of supervised release even if Carr failed to foresee that those terms may have included plethysmograph testing.

See Watson, 582 F.3d at 986 (stating that a waiver of "'any aspect of the sentence' unambiguously encompassed supervised release terms.").

United States v. Johnson, 67 F.3d 200, 203 (9th Cir. 1995); United States v. Pacheco-Navarette, 432 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2005); see also Watson, 582 F.3d at 986.

Carr argues that the waiver is inapplicable because the sentence was unconstitutional in light of the district court's failure to consult a psychologist or plethysmography expert before issuing it and to adequately justify the plethysmograph testing requirement on the record. We disagree. We need not decide whether justification of plethysmograph testing is constitutionally requiredbecause the district court gave sufficient on-the-record consideration to the available alternatives and to "whether the testing is sufficiently likely to yield useful results 'given the defendant's specific characteristics,'" despite the fact that it did not consult a psychologist or plethysmography expert in so doing.

United States v. Weber, 451 F.3d 552, 563 n.14 (9th Cir. 2006); United States v. Williams, 356 F.3d 1045, 1053 n.9 (9th Cir. 2004); United States v. T.M., 330 F.3d 1235, 1241 n.6 (9th Cir. 2003); see also United States v. Rudd, No.10-50254, __ F.3d __, 2011 WL 5865897, at *4-5 (9th Cir. Nov. 23, 2011).

See Weber, 451 F.3d at 568; see also United States v. Kennedy, 643 F.3d 1251, 1259 (9th Cir. 2011).

United States v. Cope, 527 F.3d 944, 954 (9th Cir. 2008); see also Weber, 451 F.3d at 567, 569.

See Weber, 451 F.3d at 569.
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DISMISSED.


Summaries of

United States v. Carr

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 22, 2011
463 F. App'x 639 (9th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

United States v. Carr

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CRAIG THOMAS CARR…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Dec 22, 2011

Citations

463 F. App'x 639 (9th Cir. 2011)