Legal Opinion

Robles v. Commissioner of Correction

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided December 20, 2016No. AC37686PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDiPENTIMA, C.J.

*752 The petitioner, Rolando Robles, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner argues that the habeas court improperly denied his petition because his guilty pleas, made pursuant to the Alford doctrine, 1 were not made knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily as a result of the new interpretation of our kidnapping statutes as detailed in State v. Salamon , 287 Conn. 509 , 949 A.2d 1092 (2008), and *753 its progeny. We conclude that the petitioner's specific claim regarding the knowing and intelligent nature of his pleas…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Skilling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  5. State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pereira v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
  2. Britton v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
  3. Little v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
  4. Smorodska v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2022
  5. Alicea v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2025

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