Serrano v. State

Opinion

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted permission to appeal in this case in order to determine whether a waiver of appeal, executed as part of a post-verdict sentencing agreement, precludes the filing of a petition for post-conviction relief for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel that occurred prior to the waiver. We hold in this case that the waiver does not extend to post-conviction relief; therefore, Serrano was not precluded…