State v. Davenport

Opinion

HARPER, J.

The defendant, Taurus J. Davenport, appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered after he pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine1 to one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2). The defendant claims that his conviction should be reversed and the case should be remanded so that he may withdraw his plea because the trial court improperly accepted his plea without first complying with the mandates of General Statutes § 54-251 (a) and ensuring that he understood that he would be required to register as a sex offender as a…