State v. Cotto

Opinion

The defendant, Elizer Tito Cotto, 1 appeals from the judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of error coram nobis 2 or audita querela. 3 The defendant claims impropriety in the court’s holding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear his petition. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts are relevant to the defendant’s appeal. On December 19, 1996, the defendant pleaded guilty to robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-135 (a) (1) and subsequently was sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment, execution suspended after two years, and…