175 Conn. App. 599 - State v. Bozelko’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “[D]ue process precludes a sentencing court from relying on materially untrue or unreliable information in imposing a sentence.... To prevail on such a claim as it relates to a [presentence report], [a] defendant [cannot] ... merely alleg[e] that [his presentence report] contained factual inaccuracies or inappropriate information.... [He] must show that the information was materially inaccurate and that the [sentencing] judge relied on that information.... A sentencing court demonstrates actual reliance on misinformation when the court gives explicit attention to it, [bases] its sentence at least in part on it, or gives specific consideration to the information before imposing sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 Conn. App. 101 - State v. Francis · 183 Conn. App. 442 - State v. Petitpas

2. “[A] claim that the trial court improperly denied a defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence is reviewed pursuant to the abuse of discretion standard.... In reviewing claims that the trial court abused its discretion, great weight is given to the trial court's decision and every reasonable presumption is given in favor of its correctness.... We will reverse the trial court's ruling only if it could not reasonably conclude as it did.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 Conn. App. 101 - State v. Francis · 179 Conn. App. 668 - State v. Antwon W.