State v. Turner

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The defendant, Rahmel Turner, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a guilty plea made pursuant to the Alford doctrine,1 of assault of public safety personnel in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167c. On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly denied his oral motion to withdraw his plea.2 The defendant argues that the plea violated the requirements of our rules of practice and his federal and state constitutional rights to due process in that the plea was not entered knowingly and voluntarily because (1) it was not supported by a…