Legal Opinion
State v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 2, 2006No. SC 17320PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The state appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the judgment of conviction of the defendant, Linda M. Stevens, who had appealed to that court challenging the sentence imposed on her by the trial court, in accordance with an agreement pursuant to State v. Garvin, 242 Conn. 296, 699 A.2d 921 (1997),1 subsequent to her plea of guilty under the Alford doctrine,2 to the charge of possession of narcotics in violation of General Statutes § 21a-279 (a). On appeal to the Appellate Court, the defendant claimed that the trial court had violated her federal and state…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- People v. OutleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Donovan Spence v. Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility, and Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Schoonmaker v. Lawrence Brunoli, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- State v. RiversSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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