Kimberly R. Anderson v. State of Indiana

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court held that an appeal waiver in a plea agreement bars a sentencing appeal unless the challenged sentence falls outside the statutory range or is unconstitutional. Because Anderson’s sentence was within the agreement’s four-year executed-sentence cap and her claims alleged only sentencing-discretion errors, the waiver applied and her appeal was dismissed. The court also held that the trial court’s mistaken advice about appeal rights did not alter the unambiguous written waiver.