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US v. FISHER (11/13/00 - No. 98-1330)


In cases where a defendant executes a valid waiver of the right to appeal in a plea agreement, a district judge's statement after sentencing about a "right to appeal" does not alter the binding force ofdefendant's waiver of appellate rights.

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