State v. Dudley
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's petition seeking erasure of an earlier finding that he had violated his probation, holding that the trial court properly rejected Defendant's argument that Conn. Gen. Stat. 54-142d compelled the erasure of a finding of a violation of probation that Defendant claimed was premised on the now decriminalized offense of possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana.
In State v. Menditto, 110 A.3d 410 (Conn. 2015), the Supreme Court held that Public Acts 2011, No. 11-71 "decriminalized" the possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana for purposes of the erasure statute, section 54-142d. In his petition, Defendant argued that because his 2012 marijuana conviction had been erased from his record, no conviction any longer supported the violation of probation finding. The trial court rejected Defendant's argument. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that section 54-142d did not entitle Defendant to erasure of the records pertaining to the 2012 finding that he violated his probation.
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