· 6/19/1991
State v. Hinners
Citations
- 471 N.W.2d 841
- 1991 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 231
- 1991 WL 108316
How courts have described this case
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- holding a defendant may waive the statutory right of appeal so long as the waiver is “voluntary, knowing, and intelligent”
- holding district court did not err in overruling motion to dismiss on the single ground that defendant signed a written waiver of his speedy trial right
- holding the district court did not err in overruling motion to dismiss on the single ground that defendant signed a written waiver of his speedy-trial right
- noting that although the right to appeal “is statutory and not constitutional!,] ... once the right to appeal has been established, ‘these avenues must be kept free of unreasoned distinctions that can only impede open and equal access to the courts’ ” (citation omitted)
- stating court will “not infer a waiver from a silent record”
- “we hold that a defendant may expressly waive the right to appeal in a plea bargain agreement” (emphasis added)
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Judges: Harris, Schultz, Carter, Lavorato, Andreasen
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