AC44780 - State v. Santiago (Dismissal of motion to correct an illegal sentence; “In the
motion to correct, the defendant argued that he was serving the functional
equivalent of a life sentence, despite being eligible for parole, and that,
when his sentence was imposed, the sentencing court violated his rights by not
taking into account his youth as a mitigating factor. The defendant claims
that, in dismissing his motion, the court improperly (1) denied him the right
to ‘an evidentiary hearing concerning the current state of science on the
maturity, impulse control, and over receptiveness to peer pressure of [eighteen
year olds], and the effect of science on Connecticut law’ and (2) concluded
that he did not present a colorable claim that he was entitled to relief under
the Connecticut and United States constitutions. We dismiss the appeal as moot.”)