Legal Opinion
State v. Colon
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 4, 2004No. AC 24114PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WEST, J.
The defendant, Luis Colon, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after it denied *659his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty, which was entered under the Alford doctrine,1 to the charge of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (1). On appeal, he claims that the court failed to exercise any discretion in denying the motion to withdraw his plea. Specifically, he argues that the court improperly limited itself to the grounds for withdrawing a guilty plea under Practice Book § § 39-26 and 39-27, and encourages this court to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- United States v. Ivania Maria Couto, Also Known as Sealed Dft 35Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- State v. StewartConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
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