State v. Eric L.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ERIC L.* (SC 20834) McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Ecker, Alexander and Dannehy, Js.** Syllabus The defendant appealed from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which had affirmed the trial court’s judgment revoking his probation. He claimed that the Appellate Court improperly upheld the trial court’s conclusion that it lacked authority under the statute (§ 18-98d) governing presentence confinement credit to direct the commissioner of correction to apply such credit to his sentence. Held: The issue of whether the trial court has authority to direct the commissioner to…