State v. Cervantes

Following a conditional plea of nolo contendere, entered pursuant to General Statutes § 54-94a, 1 the defendant, Marcelo Cervantes, appeals from the judgment of conviction of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70(a)(1) and home invasion in violation of General Statutes § 53a-100aa(a)(1). The defendant entered his conditional plea following the court's denial of his motion to suppress certain oral statements that he made to members of the Hamden Police Department. He made the statements during, what he claims to have been, a custodial interrogation inside…