Legal Opinion
Nunez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 6, 2008No. 06-1014PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Last year we held that by surrendering, as part of a plea bargain, his opportunity to wage a collateral attack on his conviction, Armando Nunez had waived any right to relief based on the theory that his lawyer should have filed a notice of appeal in violation of the plea agreement (which waived the right to appeal as well as the right to pursue collateral relief). The agreement preserved an opportunity to contest the voluntariness of the plea. After concluding that the plea was voluntary, we enforced the waiver and held that Nunez is not entitled to collateral…
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