Criminal procedure — appellate waiver, defense acts

Posted March 11, 2019 9:16 AM

Where a defendant waived the right to appeal, a waiver was triggered even though the defense counsel did not make an official sentencing recommendation.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal from a decision by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young, Southern District of Indiana.In January 2016, police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call from Jason Galloway’s ex-wife in Evansville, Ind. Officers found Galloway a short distance from his ex-wife’s house and arrested him. A subsequent …

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