U.S. v. Khattak, No. 00-4169 (3rd Cir.) (273 F.3d 557) (December 6, 2001) (Judge Anthony J. Scirica)
After the defendant in this case signed a standard appeal waiver provision as part of his plea agreement, he asked the Court, on aooeal, to declare that waiver-of-appeals provisions are void as contrary to public policy, because defendants cannot ever knowingly and voluntarily waive their rights to appeal future errors. …
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