State v. Alston
Connecticut Appellate Court
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ESPINOSA, J.
The defendant, Ira Alston, appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered following his guilty plea to the crime of possessing a weapon or dangerous instrument in a correctional institution in violation of *721General Statutes § 53a-174a.1 The defendant claims that the court (1) improperly accepted his plea because it was not made voluntarily and (2) lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the information failed to state all of the essential elements of the crime with which he stood charged. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. ReidSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- State v. VincentSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- United States v. Richard Foley, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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