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STATE v. SILVA

(AC 20951), (AC 20317)

65 Conn. App. 234 (2001)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAMES R. SILVA JAMES R. SILVA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Officially released August 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah G. Stevenson, special public defender, for the appellant (defendant in the first appeal, petitioner in the second appeal).

Lawrence J. Tytla, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Kevin T. Kane, state's attorney, and Paul E. Murray, supervisory assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state in the first appeal, respondent in the second appeal).

Landau, Dranginis and Healey, JS.

Opinion

DRANGINIS, J.

This case involves the resolution of two appeals by the defendant, James R. Silva.1 The defendant's direct appeal is from the trial court's judgment of conviction rendered after a plea of guilty, pursuant to the Alford doctrine,2 of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.3

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