State v. Navikaukas

Dupont C. J.

The trial court, after a hearing pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-32,1 found the defendant in violation of three conditions of his probation, opened and vacated the original judgment of conviction, and rendered judgment imposing a sentence of two years.2 The defendant claims on appeal that the trial court erred (1) in revoking his probation without considering whether the violation constituted a substantial violation of probation, and (2) in failing to find the purposes of probation could no longer be served. We find no error.

The defendant pleaded guilty, on February 14,1984, to…