U.S. v. Woltmann, No. 10-413 (2nd Cir.) (610 F.3d 37) (July 6, 2010) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)
In a tax fraud prosecution, the government's motion to dismiss defendant's appeal from his sentence is denied, and the sentence is vacated, where the appeal waiver provision of defendant's plea agreement was unenforceable.
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