State v. Artis

Citations

• 230 Conn. App. 81

Syllabus

Convicted, following a plea of guilty, of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, the defendant appealed, claiming that the trial court erred in failing to inform him, before accepting his plea, that he would be not eligible to accumulate risk reduction credits to reduce his sentence pursuant to statute (§ 18-98e) and, thus, his plea was not knowingly or voluntarily made. The defendant requested, as a remedy, that this court provide him with eligibility to earn those credits. Held: This court was unable to provide the defendant with the relief he requested, as it was not within the authority of this court to amend § 18-98e, which expressly provides that any person sentenced for manslaughter in the first degree is ineligible to earn risk reduction credits. Argued September 18, 2024—officially released January 7, 2025