In a December 9, 2013 ruling the Connecticut Appellate Court vacated Perez's sentence. The court found the trial judge abused her discretion by trying two unrelated cases at the same time, which violated Perez's Constitutional right to a fair trial. However, they did not rule that he could not still be tried for both crimes separately. On July 14, 2016, the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld the December, 2013 decision of the Connecticut Appellate Court overturning Pérez's conviction on charges of bribery, fabricating evidence, and conspiracy to fabricate evidence in connection with the failed development of a vacant site, and improvements to his home by a city contractor, and vacated his sentence.