Hunter v. United States · ¶19
Our decision that Hunter's appeal waiver remains valid matches one we reached in a nearly mirror-image case. In Class v. United States, 583 U. S. 174 (2018), the defendant's plea agreement did not include an appeal waiver, but during the plea colloquy the District Court mistakenly stated that the defendant was “giving up [his] right to appeal [his] conviction.” Id., at 185 (alterations in original). The defendant agreed to the court's representation. When he later fled a notice of appeal, the Government argued that he had relinquished his appeal right in that courtroom exchange. We rejected that view, holding that the defendant's “acquiescence neither expressly nor implicitly waived his right to appeal.” Ibid. Similarly in this case, any acquiescence that the Government's silence conveyed “neither expressly nor implicitly” gave up its right under the plea agreement. It is just that here…Read in context ›
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