Legal Opinion
State v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 21, 2004No. SC 17192PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction under General Statutes § 53a-391 to consider the motion filed by the defendant, Wayne Boyd, for modification of his sentence. Section 53a-39 (a) permits the trial court to modify a “definite sentence of three years or less” without the agreement of the state’s attorney. The trial court in the present case determined that it lacked jurisdiction to modify the defendant’s sentence of two years and one day of incarceration followed by two years of special parole…
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