State v. D'Antonio

KATZ, J., with whom, SULLIVAN, C. J.,

joins, dissenting. In reversing the judgments of conviction rendered against the defendant, Louis D’Antonio, and remanding the cases for a new trial, the Appellate Court reasoned that “[t]he record discloses that during the plea negotiations, the [trial] court itself understood that it had participated actively in such a way as to make clear that a different judge would necessarily preside over the defendant’s trial and sentencing. Although it seems unlikely, on the basis of the record, that at the time of the trial, the court recalled the nature of its…