Jackie Madore v. United States
FifthAmendment DueProcess
Whether the Supreme Court should review appellate waivers in criminal cases under principles of contract law
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Supreme Court of the United States should review appellate waivers in criminal cases under principles of contract law. A concatenation of events post-signing of petitioner’s signing of her plea agreement constituted a quantum of vagaries which the parties could not have contemplated on the date of signing so as to obviate the plea waiver and allow petitionerdefendant an opportunity to appeal. II WHETHER petitioner’s sentence was procedurally flawed in that the sentencing court created sentencing disparity among similarly situated defendants pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6). Ill. Whether the First Circuit Local Rule of Appellate Procedure 27.0( c) is fundamentally unfair and violative of due process under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. -i