Hochstadt v. Grady

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• concluding that \court acted within the legitimate bounds of its discretion in not undertaking an evidentiary hearing regarding the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea\
• discussing “axiomatic” constitutional principles from Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 243, 89 S. Ct. 1709, 23 L. Ed. 2d 274 [1969], that require canvass of accused to determine that guilty plea is made knowingly and voluntarily
• discussing notice of elements of crime charged in plea agreement context
• reversing judgment imposing death penalty and remanding with instructions to impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release because “the evidence adduced at trial did not support the jury’s finding of an aggravating factor”
• ‘‘Connecticut jealously guards’’ right of accused persons who are not legally competent to stand trial to not be convicted
• trial court’s failure to inform defendant of mandatory minimum sentence alone did not render plea involuntary or unknowing

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