Legal Opinion
State v. Pina
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 17, 1981PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The principal issue in this case is the validity of the trial court’s correction of the defendant’s sentence. The defendant Vincent Louis Pina was tried to a jury and convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134. After denial of his motion to have the verdict set aside, the defendant was, on June 30, 1978, sentenced to a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. On October 6, 1978, at the request of the state, the defendant was returned to court and, despite his objection, resentenced so that his term of ten to twenty years was…
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