Legal Opinion
State v. Aquino
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 7, 2005No. AC 24431PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, J.
The defendant, Mario Aquino, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered following the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, entered pursuant to the Alford doctrine, 1 to one count of attempt to commit assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-60 (a) (1) and 53a- 49 (a) (2), and one count of failure to appear in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-172. On appeal, the defendant claims that the plea was not knowingly and voluntarily made due to ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the judgment of…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- United States v. Monica Joyce CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by16 opinions
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