Legal Opinion
State v. Collins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 15, 1978PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpeziale, J.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s oral motion to withdraw his guilty plea after sentence had been imposed.
The pertinent facts are substantially as follows: On June 24, 1976, the defendant, David E. Collins, with the aid of a former prisoner, escaped from the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he had been serving a fifteen year sentence imposed by the federal court for the district of Connecticut. On June 25, 1976, at approximately 11:45 p.m., the defendant and his companion were stopped by a Connecticut state…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Szarwak v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- State v. ChildreeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Duperry v. SolnitSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. GodekSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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