State v. Bryan

Citations

• 229 Conn. App. 364

Syllabus

The defendant appealed from the trial court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. The defendant claimed, inter alia, that his guilty plea in the underlying criminal trial to being a persistent dangerous felony offender in violation of statute (§ 53a-40) was defective. Held: The trial court improperly denied the defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence because the motion challenged the validity of the defendant's guilty plea and the propriety of the plea proceedings, rather than the sentence or sentencing proceedings, and, accordingly, the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the motion and should have dismissed the motion. This court declined to review the defendant's unpreserved claim that the sentencing court improperly failed to specify which portion of his sentence was attributable to the enhancement imposed pursuant to § 53a-40. Argued October 22—officially released November 26, 2024