State v. Francis

October 12, 2021 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL Page 147

338 Conn. 671

OCTOBER, 2021 671 State v. Francis STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ERNEST FRANCIS (SC 20353) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js. Syllabus The defendant, who had been convicted of murder, appealed to the Appellate Court from the trial court’s denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. Prior to sentencing, the sentencing court was provided with a criminal history report and a presentence investigation report, which included a summary of the defendant’s prior convictions of assault and drug offenses.…