New York Court of Appeals building. Photo: Rick Kopstein
One of the attorneys who appeared before the Court of Appeals on the issue Wednesday argued that the waivers amounted to “hoodwinking” defendants, and should be invalidated by the high court if misleading information is included.
October 23, 2019 at 05:44 PM
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Attorneys for three defendants who were asked to largely give up their right to appeal their case to a higher court, after each agreed to plead guilty to certain crimes, called that part of their plea agreement unconstitutional and asked the New York Court of Appeals to invalidate it Wednesday.
The state’s highest court is expected to decide, through the cases, whether an appeal waiver should be considered unenforceable if it overstates what the defendant has legally agreed to give up.
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