Legal Opinion
State v. Menditto
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 24, 2013No. AC 34999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the modification of penalties for illegal possession of marijuana following the enactment of No. *23511-71 of the 2011 Public Acts (P.A. 11-71) “decriminalized” the possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana for purposes of General Statutes § 54-142d.1 The defendant, Nicholas M. Menditto, appeals from the judgments of the trial court denying his petitions for destruction of records of his convictions for two counts of possession of a controlled substance in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 2009) § 21a-279 (c),2…
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- State v. DaleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. MendittoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2015
- State v. SpielbergConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- State v. SpielbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016