Legal Opinion
State v. Celaj
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 15, 2016No. AC37291PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGruendel, J.
The defendant, Dardian Celaj, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to vacate his guilty plea. He claims that the court abused its discretion in so doing. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The defendant is an Albanian national who sexually assaulted an employee of a nightclub he owned in Derby on March 2, 2012. 1 The following day, he was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a)(1) 2 and one count of unlawful restraint in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. MirandaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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