State v. Riddick

Citations

• 194 Conn. App. 243

Syllabus

The defendant, who had been convicted, on guilty pleas, of the crimes of attempt to commit robbery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree and sale of narcotics, appealed to this court from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to correct a judgment mittimus. He claimed that the court improperly denied his motion on the ground that he was not entitled to the presentence confine- ment credit he claimed. Held that because a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, rather than a motion directed at the sentencing court, is the proper method to challenge the Commissioner of Correction's applica- tion of presentence confinement credit, the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the defendant's motion and, therefore, should have dismissed it rather than denied it. Argued October 7—officially released November 5, 2019