Court rules defendants may under certain circumstances appeal a sentencing condition despite an appellate waiver (opens in new tab)

The Supreme Court on Thursday sent the case of a Texas man who is seeking to appeal one of the conditions that a federal judge imposed as part of his sentence back to a lower court\. By a vote of 8-1, the justices held that one can appeal a supervised-release condition even where he or she had generally waived his right to appeal as part of a plea agreement if enforcing such waiver results in a “miscarriage of justice\.” In 2024, Munson Hunter pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abettin...