Opinion
2014-09-17
STATE of Connecticut v. Ernest FRANCIS.
Margaret Gaffney Radionovas, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition. Christopher Duby, assigned counsel, in opposition.
Margaret Gaffney Radionovas, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition. Christopher Duby, assigned counsel, in opposition.
The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 148 Conn.App. 565, 86 A.3d 1059, is granted, limited to the following issue:
“Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the trial court improperly failed to follow a procedure similar to that set forth in Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), in denying the defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence?” ESPINOSA, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.