United States v. Marvis H. Bownes

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• noting that appeal waivers do not prohibit sentencing challenges “based on constitutionally impermissible criteria, such as race . . . or a sentence in excess of the statutory maximum sentence for the defendantʹs crime”
• noting that defendants cannot waive right to appeal sentence “based on constitutionally impermissible criteria, such as race . . . or a sentence in excess of the statutory maximum sentence for the defendant’s crime”
• rejecting the view that “Booker is special because it brought about a ‘sea change’ in the law”
• rejecting the view that “Booker is special because it brought about a ‘sea change’ in the law”
• discussing, in criminal context, due process protections in excess of ordinary contract law principles for waivers of constitutional rights
• \[S]ome minimum of civilized procedure is required by community feeling regardless of what the defendant wants or is willing to accept.\ (internal quotation marks omitted)

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