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State v. Purvis
Id., 552. 19 In State v. Polanco, supra, 308 Conn. 260 , our Supreme Court exercised its supervisory authority and adopted a rule ‘‘that when a defendant is convicted of greater and lesser included offenses, the trial court shall vacate the conviction for the lesser offense rather than merging it with the convic- tion for the greater offense.’’ 0, 0 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL Page 33 0 Conn. App. 1 ,0 35 State v. Purvis clearly intended that a nonreversed conviction control its sentencing scheme, remand for resentencing is not necessary where reversing the improper convictions and vacatin…
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Burgos v. Commissioner of Correction
See State v. Burgos, 170 Conn. App. 501 , 512–13, 155 A.3d 246 , cert. denied, 325 Conn. 907 , 156 A.3d 538 (2017).
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State v. Watson
See State v. Burgos, 170 Conn. App. 501 , 555 n.37, 155 A.3d 246 (citing General Statutes §§ 53a-55a (a), 53a-56a (a), 53a- 59a (b), 53a-59b (b), 53a-60a (a), 53a-60b (b), 53a-60c (b), 53a-61a (b), 53a-61aa (a), 53a-64aa (b), 53a-64bb (b), 53a-64cc (b), 53a-70a (a), 53a-72b (a), 53a-92a (a), 53a-94a (a), 53a-102a (a), 53a-103a (a) and 53a-216 (a)), cert denied, 325 Conn. 907 , 156 A.3d 538 (2017).8 Both this court and the Appellate Court consistently have construed the meaning of such statutory language to trigger the protections of the double jeopardy clause.9 The purpose and meaning of thi…
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State v. Frazier
See State v. Paradise , 213 Conn. 388 , 405, 567 A.2d 1221 (1990), overruled in part on other grounds by State v. Skakel , 276 Conn. 633 , 693, 888 A.2d 985 , cert. denied, 549 U.S. 1030 , 127 S.Ct. 578 , 166 L.Ed. 2d 428 (2006). 10 "In Paradise , our Supreme Court held that the substantive right to testify under federal constitutional law does not contain a corollary procedural requirement that a trial court canvass a defendant concerning his waiver of his right to testify unless the defendant affirmatively states that he wishes to testify or that he did not know he could testify." State v. B…
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State v. Trice
See State v. Paulino, supra, 127 Conn. App. 65 (‘‘a trial court is entitled to consider trial coun- sel’s assertions that his client is competent’’); see also State v. Burgos, 170 Conn. App. 501, 530 , 155 A.3d 246 (‘‘a failure by defense counsel to indicate that the defen- dant had any difficulty in comprehending the nature of the proceedings or in assisting in his own defense provides substantial evidence of the defendant’s compe- tence’’), cert. denied, 325 Conn. 907 , 156 A.3d 538 (2017).
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Johnson v. Commissioner of Correction
Id.; see also State v. Burgos, 170 Conn. App. 501, 521 , 155 A.3d 246 , cert. denied, 325 Conn. 907 , 156 A.3d 538 (2017).
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State v. Abraham
Given that ‘‘there are no elements [of the predicate offense that] are not also elements of felony murder’’; id.; a defendant’s conviction of both offenses would violate the prohibition against double jeopardy in the absence of ‘‘a clear indication of contrary legislative intent.’’16 (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Id., 293 ; see also State v. Burgos, 170 Conn. App. 501, 550 , 155 A.3d 246 (parties did not dispute ‘‘that sexual assault in the first degree and risk of injury to a child are legally the ‘same offense’ as aggravated sexual assault of a minor under the…
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STATE of Connecticut
v.
Christopher BURGOS
v.
Christopher BURGOS
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
Mar 29, 2017.
Published
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 170 Conn. App. 501, 155 A.3d 246 (2017), is denied.