Tillman

MEMORANDUM *

Henry Durand Tillman (“Tillman”), Calvin Meeks (“Meeks”) and Timothy Blake (“Blake”) were arrested in a vehicle with three other people after another occupant of the vehicle, Ebony Jeff, tried to a cash a counterfeit check at a Wells Fargo bank in Las Vegas. 1 A search of the vehicle revealed multiple counterfeit checks and credit cards along with counterfeit driver’s licenses which had pictures of most of the occupants of the vehicle and names matching the counterfeit checks and credit cards. Ebony Jeff later confessed that Tillman and Meeks had organized a counterfeiting conspiracy and the group traveled to Las Vegas to cash counterfeit checks.

We hold that the appeals of Tillman and Meeks should be dismissed because they agreed to a valid and enforceable appellate waiver. The guilty plea of Blake should be upheld because there was a strong factual basis for his guilt despite his inconsistent claims of partial innocence. Finally, Blake is entitled to a limited remand under Ameline because he did not agree to an appellate waiver.

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Tillman and Meeks both pled guilty to one charge of Fraudulent Possession, Transfer and Use of Identification Documents under a plea…