Leo Roger Dugas v. Joe H. Vardell and Jacquelyn R. Vardell

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• case remanded for resentencing because the trial court improperly sentenced beyond the scope of the plea agreement
• failure of trial court to comply with rule of practice requiring court to advise defendant that, if court rejects agreed on sentence, then defendant can withdraw guilty plea is plain error
• ‘‘[t]he imposition of an appropriate sentence is the function 0, 0 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL Page 27 0 Conn. App. 1 ,0 29 State v. Sykes of the trial court, and not our function’’
• “[t]he trial court is obligated to provide the mechanism for the defendant to withdraw his plea and there is no affirmative obligation placed on the defendant to make a motion to withdraw the plea after the imposition of a sentence that does not comport with the plea agreement”
• “[t]he trial court is obligated to provide the mechanism for the defendant to withdraw his plea and there is no affirmative obligation placed on the defendant to make a motion to withdraw the plea after the imposition of a sentence that does not comport with the plea agreement”

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