United States v. Mutschler

ORDER

Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge

THIS MATTER has prompted the Court to question the now nationwide practice of routinely approving plea-agreements .containing unilateral waivers of the right to appeal. Recent statistics indicate that, each year, roughly 97% of all federal convictions result from guilty pleas. See Missouri v. Frye, — U.S. —, 132 S.Ct. 1399, 1407, 182 L.Ed.2d 379 (2012); see also Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics .Online, Table 5.22.2010 (http;// www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t5222010. pdf). Yet, in…