State v. Patterson

The defendant appeals from the trial court’s imposition of the maximum term of twenty-years subsequent to the defendant’s guilty plea to manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3). On appeal, the defendant first claims that the trial court did not comply with the plea agreement between the defendant and the state. Second, the defendant claims that the trial court violated General Statutes § 54-91c by permitting persons other than the victims’ families to testify at the sentencing hearing and by allowing improper testimony concerning the victims, thereby…