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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-223 (2025)

Failure to afford rights to victim shall not constitute grounds for vacating conviction or voiding sentence or parole determination

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Failure to afford the victim of a crime any of the rights provided pursuant to any provision of the general statutes shall not constitute grounds for vacating an otherwise lawful conviction or voiding an otherwise lawful sentence or parole determination.

(P.A. 86-401, S. 3, 7.)

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Cited in 4 cases, 2015–2017 · leading case: State v. Skipwith, 165 A.3d 1211 (Conn. 2017).
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State v. Skipwith, 165 A.3d 1211 (Conn. 2017). · cites it 6× “Rather, it is reasonable to conclude that the bar on appellate relief was intended to be the constitutional equivalent to General Statutes § 54-223, which provides that the "[f]ailure to afford the victim of a crime any of the rights provided pursuant to any provision of the…”
State v. Skipwith, 123 A.3d 104 (Conn. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 5× “The court then rendered its decision, in which it concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to vacate the defen- dant’s sentence, as his sentence was not illegal, and that the ancient common-law remedy of the writ of error coram nobis was not available to the plaintiff in error…”
State v. Skipwith, No. SC19608 (Conn. Aug. 15, 2017). · cites it 4× “Rather, it is reasonable to conclude that the bar on appellate relief was intended to be the constitutional equivalent to General Statutes § 54-223, which provides that the ‘‘[f]ailure to afford the victim of a crime any of the rights provided pursuant to any provision of the…”
State v. Skipwith, No. SC19608 (Conn. Aug. 15, 2017). · cites it 4× “Rather, it is reasonable to conclude that the bar on appellate relief was intended to be the constitutional equivalent to General Statutes § 54-223, which provides that the ‘‘[f]ailure to afford the victim of a crime any of the rights provided pursuant to any provision of the…”
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