State v. Burgos

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The defendant, Edward Burgos, appeals from the judgments of conviction rendered by the trial court following his conditional pleas of nolo contendere under General Statutes § 54-94a.1 Because we conclude that the defendant’s pleas were not knowing and voluntary, we reverse the judgments of conviction and remand the cases to the trial court with direction to vacate both pleas and for further proceedings.

The following facts and procedural history are relevant. The defendant was charged in two separate criminal files. The first set of charges stemmed from an incident occurring…