State v. Allan

**816*875This appeal is the companion case to State v. Evans , 329 Conn. 770, 189 A.3d 1184 (2018), which we also decide today. The defendant, Nemiah Allan,1 appeals2 from the judgment of the trial court **817denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence. On appeal, the defendant claims that we should overrule State v. Ray , 290 Conn. 602, 966 A.2d 148 (2009), in which we interpreted General Statutes (Rev. to 2009) § 21a-278 (b)3 to render drug dependency an affirmative defense to be proven by the defendant because (1) it is no longer good law in light of the subsequent decision of the…