Id. at 708, 368 A.2d 235. The court reasoned that since conviction and punishment are not synonymous, it necessarily followed that the invalidation of a legislatively authorized sentence did not result in the invalidation of the underlying conviction. Id. at 708, 368 A.2d 235. Subsequent Connecticut cases have similarly adopted this restrictive interpretation of Szarwak. See, State v. Richmond, 33 Conn. Sup. 767, 371 A.2d 610 (1976); State v. Pradlick, 33 Conn. Sup. 785, 372 A.2d 988 (1976). Thus for purposes of Connecticut law, the defendant was validly convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term in excess of one year. However this is not the end of the inquiry, for the issue still remains whether this conviction is valid for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1).