Legal Opinion

State v. Valedon

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided August 13, 2002No. SC 16533PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court improperly concluded that the defendant, William Valedon, was denied his right of allocution in a probation revocation hearing because the trial court did not address him personally during the dispositional phase of that proceeding to inquire whether he wished to speak before being sen*383tenced. State v. Valedon, 62 Conn. App. 824, 828, 774 A.2d 1006 (2001). The state claims, inter alia, that the Appellate Court impermissibly expanded the rule governing a defendant’s right of allocution articulated in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  4. State v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
  5. State v. StricklandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  2. State v. LedbetterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
  3. State v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  4. State v. LockhartSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
  5. State v. HigginsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003

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