State v. Baker

The defendant, James Baker, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Practice Book § 43-22. 1 After pleading guilty under the Alford doctrine 2 to possessing a weapon or dangerous instrument in a correctional institution in violation of General Statutes § 53a-174a (a), 3 the defendant was sentenced to eighteen months of imprisonment. The defendant claims on appeal that the trial court (1) improperly denied his motion to correct the eighteen month sentence because the sentence violates the double jeopardy clause 4 of the…