Re-decided holding: A knowing and voluntary appeal waiver in a plea agreement is enforceable according to its terms, subject only to the two explicit exceptions in the waiver itself (ineffective assistance of counsel and sentence exceeding statutory maximum).

Verified Values for America participants only: national results count accounts with a verified email; state and district results count only those who also attested a home ZIP code. Participants choose to take part, so this is not a random sample or a poll of all residents; ± is the 95% sampling margin and does not correct for self-selection. A breakdown publishes at 30 verified votes. Methodology.