State v. Singer

Opinion

The defendant, Edward Singer, pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 in 1991, and was sentenced to a total effective term of twenty-five years imprisonment, execution suspended after fifteen years, with five years of probation. In 2003, the defendant was released from prison and began to serve his probation, one condition of which was that he not carry, possess or control any weapon. While on probation, the defendant was arrested for allegedly firing a gunshot. After a patdown search of the defendant revealed a live bullet…