Legal Opinion
State v. Francis
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 11, 2014No. AC34701PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SHELDON, J.
The defendant, Ernest Francis, appeals from the denial of his third postconviction motion to correct illegal sentence under Practice Book § 43-22 1 following his 1992 conviction and sentencing to fifty years in prison on the charge of murder. 2 On appeal, the defendant claims initially that the court, Gold, J., erred in denying his motion to correct by rejecting his substantive claims that the sentencing court, Miaño, J., imposed the challenged sentence upon him in an illegal manner by: (1) relying upon an inaccurate understanding of the manner in which he committed the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. FrancisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
- State v. YatesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- State v. WhiteConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
- State v. FrancisConnecticut Appellate Court · 2019
- State v. SmallConnecticut Appellate Court · 2021
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