State v. Strickland

Opinion

BERDON, J.

The sole issue that we address in this certified appeal is whether the Connecticut rules of practice provide a right of allocution to a defendant during the disposition phase of a probation revocation proceeding.1 Following the initial, liability phase of the probation revocation hearing, the trial court concluded that the defendant, Greg Strickland, had violated the conditions of his probation. Thereafter, the court conducted the disposition phase of the hearing to determine how much, if any, of the remaining six and one-half years of his sentence the defendant should be…