State v. Winer

Opinion

LAVERY, C. J.

The defendant, Scott Winer, appeals from the judgments of conviction rendered after his pleas of nolo contendere to two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1995) § 53-211 and one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53-21 (2).2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly denied his postsentence motions to vacate the judgments and to withdraw his pleas of nolo contendere because they were involuntary, unknowing and *740unconstitutional. The defendant asserts that his…