Legal Opinion
State v. Schaeffer
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 24, 1985No. 2243PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.
The core issue of this appeal is whether the defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of nolo contendere should have been granted by the trial court although it was made two days after the conclusion of the proceeding at which the sentence was imposed. The answer requires an examination of the framework of Practice Book §§ 686 through 722 and the essential components of a voluntary plea of guilty or nolo contendere as mandated by constitutional principles.
On May 18,1983, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charge of mansláughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- People v. KillebrewMichigan Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by37 opinions
- State v. BoscarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. SomervilleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- State v. JarrettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. DasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- State v. NelsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
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