Legal Opinion

State v. Cooper

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided September 28, 1999No. AC 18008PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LAVERY, J.

The defendant, Sherail Cooper, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after her *96guilty plea, of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3)1 and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53-21.2 On appeal, the defendant claims, with respect to her motion to withdraw her guilty plea, that the trial court improperly failed to appoint substitute counsel to assist her with her claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and failed to hold an evidentiary hearing on that claim. We affirm the judgment…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Fontaine v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  4. Gaston County v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. State v. JoyceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
  2. State v. GundelConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
  3. Nelson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2017
  4. State v. AlvaradoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
  5. State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999

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