Plea bargain an appeal

Question

If you take a plea bargain can you then appeal the case? If so is there a time period to appeal the case?

Answer 1

No, a standard clause of any plea arrangement is that you sacrifice the right of appeal.

In any case, an appeal needs to be based on an error of application of law by the lower court, the facts as entered in trial are not going to be allowed to be argued on appeal.

So you will not only sign away any right of appeal, you won't have a basis for an appeal anyway.

Answer 2

Unless you can prove malfeasance which led to the plea bargain you're up a creek without a paddle. When you plead out you are admitting guilt (unless you plead Nolo Contendre - No Contest) and since there was no trial there was no reversible error, i.e no cause for appeal. (A nolo plea might, under certain circumstances be reversible.)

Answer 3

You plea and that is it you are accepting the courts judgment or you can go to court and win or lose,  but if you lose you will not get the plea deal.