Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 11, 1986No. 11330PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is a determination of the circumstances under which a court must initiate an evidentiary inquiry into a defendant’s *600competency before accepting his guilty plea or denying a motion to withdraw such a plea. The defendant, Robert Watson, a/k/a Ollie Ricketts, Jr., was charged, in a two count substitute information, with the crimes of unlawful restraint in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-95 (a)1 and sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a).2 The trial court, after a canvass, accepted the defendant’s…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Mozzochi v. BeckSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. SantangeloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. DeAngelisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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