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Second Circuit· 5/2/1996

United States v. Frank E. Ready

Citations

  • 82 F.3d 551
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 10055

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that waiver of right to appeal was not knowingly made where the district court did not mention the right to appeal or explain the consequences of waiving this right
  • “[N]o circuit has held that these contractual waivers are enforceable on a basis that is unlimited and unexamined.”
  • “Every circuit to consider the issue has concluded that waivers of the right to appeal a sentence, like waivers of constitutional rights, are invalid unless they are voluntary and knowing.”

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Judges: Melaughlin, Jacobs, Calabresi

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