Whenever any indictment, information or complaint is pending before any court, a conviction may be had for any offense sufficiently alleged therein or for an attempt to commit such offense, and the accused may be convicted or such court may accept a plea of guilty for any of such offenses.
(1949 Rev., S. 8774.)
Cited. 94 C. 706. State may designate an accused by an alias; motion to expunge “The Cowboy” as such an alias from indictment held properly denied. 98 C. 460. A plea of guilty to a specific criminal charge, which is relevant to the circumstances in a civil action, may be admissible as a verbal admission in such civil action. 147 C. 625. Cited. Id., 704.
Section is constitutionally sufficient to put a criminal defendant on notice he can be convicted of attempt to commit crime charged as well as any included lesser offenses. 39 CA 267.
Court will not allow party to enter a plea of guilty until satisfied that it is freely made and that the party making it understands its import and effect; if accused did not understand the charge against him, judgment should be opened and defendant allowed to withdraw plea of guilty. 23 CS 176.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
5
cases, 1995–2019 · leading case:
State v. Phillips, 787 A.2d 616 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002).
State v. Phillips, 787 A.2d 616 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002).
· cites it 9× “General Statutes § 54-60 provides in relevant part: “Whenever any .”
State v. March, 664 A.2d 1157 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995).
· cites it 7× “The defendant claims that these provisions failed to provide him with constitutionally adequate notice that he could be convicted of attempt to commit sexual assault in the first degree when he was charged with sexual assault in the first degree.”
State v. Edwards, 918 A.2d 1008 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007).
· cites it 4× ““Practice Book § 867 [now § 42-29] 9 and General Statutes § 54-60 10 both provide that a criminal defendant can be convicted of either the crime charged in the information or of the attempt to commit that crime.”
People v. Fontenot, 447 P.3d 252 (Cal. 2019).
“§ 18-1-408 (5)(b) ; Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-60 ; D.C. Rules Crim.”
In re Darnel S., 760 A.2d 1023 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000).
· cites it 2× “, and not the rules articulated in General Statutes § 54-60 and Practice Book §§ 36-18 and 42-29, which apply to adult criminal trials and not to juvenile delinquency trials, governs this case.”
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