108 Conn. App. 336 - State v. Blake’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. ““ ‘[The Defendant]: I would like to address the court. “ ‘The Court: All right. You should understand that anything you say can be used against you. “ ‘[The Defendant]: Yeah, I understand that. First of all, I need a continuance for ample time to find better representation. I don’t feel my lawyer has my best interest on hand. And, secondly, Your Honor, with all due respect to the court, I want to file an oral motion for you to recuse yourself on the grounds of bias and preju dice. And also I need copies of my transcript from the first day of my probation hearing. “ ‘The Court: All right. Your request for a lawyer is denied. Your request that I recuse myself is denied as having not complied with the proper procedure of the rules. And what was the last one you said? “ ‘[The Defendant]: I also needed a copy of the transcript of the first day of my probation hearing. “ ‘The Court: That will be done for any appeal purposes. If you file an appeal, you’ll get a transcript or your lawyer will get a transcript.’ “The court then invited the defendant’s attorney to address the court with regard to sentencing. After the defendant’s attorney addressed the court concerning that matter, the court stated to the defendant: ‘All right. Now . . . then, do you not want to say anything on your own behalf about sentencing?’ The defendant responded, ‘No.’ The court, noting that the ‘defendant [had] exercised his right not to be heard at sentencing,’ thereafter found that the beneficial aspects of p”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Blake