State v. Casado

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered by the trial court after accepting the defendant’s plea of nolo contendere to the charges of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3) and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21. On appeal, she claims that the trial court improperly (1) accepted the defendant’s plea without first ascertaining whether the defendant understood the elements of the charged offenses, (2) failed to appoint new counsel and to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the defendant’s motion to…