Is a written waiver of a defendant's right to appeal a conviction or sentence?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thomas, 122 N.Y.S.3d 226, 144 N.E.3d 970, 34 N.Y.3d 545 (N.Y. 2019):
1 The written waiver in Thomas , upheld today, similarly advised defendant that the right to appealwhich he expressly waivedis accompanied by various related rights: the right "to prosecute the appeal as a poor person, to have an attorney assigned in the event that the defendant is indigent, and to submit a brief and argue before the appellate court on any issue relating to the conviction or sentence" (see appendix for defendant-appellant in People v. Thomas ).
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