State v. Price

On May 27, 1969, the defendant, on a plea of guilty, was found guilty of the crime of tampering with a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor (General Statutes § 1-1), in violation of § 14-145 of the General Statutes.1 He was sentenced to pay a fine of $35. The fine was fully and immediately paid. On June 17, 1969, the defendant moved to open the judgment on the ground that, inter alia, his “plea of guilty was involuntary because he did not under*94stand the nature of the charge, he did not understand what conduct was proscribed by the statute, he had no idea whether his conduct fell within the…