Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Tue 8 SepCASE

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STATE V. TOSTE

— STAFF
The Appellate Court correctly determined that the trial court, in denying the defendant’s motion for sentence modification, had properly considered the proceedings before the board involving the defendant’s applications for parole and commutation of his sentence.

Conn. Sup. Ct. · affirmed

Whether a court ruling on a sentence modification motion may rely on the parole board's prior denials of parole and commutation.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10954385/state-v-toste/