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In Re Plea Agreements, No. 3:03-MC-67 (W.D.N.C.) ( F.Supp.2d ) (June 4, 2003) (Judge Graham C. Mullen)

Loaded on July 1, 2003 published in Punch and Jurists July 14, 2003
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Waiver of Appeal Rights.

Here the Court held that waivers of appeal provisions (which are now standard in virtually all Federal plea agreements) are "unconscionable" and that plea agreements containing such provisions would no longer be accepted in the judge's courtroom.

For a ruling that is as revolutionary as it is evolutionary, Chief Judge ...

 

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