Conn. Practice Book § 39-27 (2026)

Sec. 39-27. —Grounds for Allowing Plea Withdrawal The grounds for allowing the defendant to with- draw his or her plea of guilty after acceptance are as follows: (1) The plea was accepted without substantial compliance with Section 39-19; (2) The plea was involuntary, or it was entered without knowledge of the nature of the charge or without knowledge that the sentence actually imposed could be imposed; (3) The sentence exceeds that specified in a plea agreement which had been previously accepted, or in a plea agreement on which the judicial authority had deferred its decision to accept or reject the agreement at the time the plea of guilty was entered; (4) The plea resulted from the denial of effective assistance of counsel; (5) There was no factual basis for the plea; or (6) The plea either was not entered by a person authorized to act for a corporate defendant or was not subsequently ratified by a corporate defend- ant. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 721.) 399