Legal Opinion
State v. Lopez
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 29, 2004No. SC 17035PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
2Per curiam
This appeal arises from the judgments of conviction, following the guilty pleas of the defendant, Leonardo Lopez, under the Alford doctrine; see North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S. Ct. 160, 27 L. Ed. 2d 162 (1970); to various charges involving the defendant’s ownership of certain residential properties in Waterbury. The defendant did not seek to withdraw his pleas at any time prior to sentencing on the pleas. Following the sentencing on his pleas, the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court claiming, among other things, that his pleas were involuntary because the trial *801court…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Marshall v. LonbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. ButlerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Kent Oppel v. Larry R. Meachum, Commissioner of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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4Cited by19 opinions
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