*221The self-represented defendant, Chad Lamar Farrar, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly concluded that the sentence imposed on him for a term of incarceration followed by a period of special parole was authorized by statute and, therefore, was not illegal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
*222The following facts and procedural history underlie the defendant's appeal. On October 9, 2014, the defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a) and criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-217. The trial court sentenced the defendant to a total effective term of seven years of incarceration followed by eight years of special parole.
On February 27, 2017, the defendant filed a motion to correct an illegal sentence, claiming that his sentence, which included a term of imprisonment followed by a period of special parole, was not authorized by statute and, thus, violated his constitutional right against double jeopardy. The court held a hearing on the defendant's motion on May 31, 2017. In a memorandum of decision issued on June 7, 2017, the court denied the defendant's motion, concluding that "there is no authority for the proposition that special parole constitutes a separate sentence as opposed to a parole status and, therefore, a double jeopardy violation ...." The defendant appealed.
On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly denied his motion to correct an illegal sentence, asserting that his sentence of seven years of incarceration followed by eight years of special parole is prohibited by statute because special parole is not a definite term of imprisonment and that General Statutes § 53a-35a1 requires that a defendant be sentenced to a definite term of imprisonment. He contends, therefore, that the court illegally sentenced him to both a definite *223term of *99imprisonment and a period of special parole in violation of § 53a-35a.
The issue raised by the defendant is the same one he raised in his motion to correct an illegal sentence. We have examined the record on appeal and the briefs and arguments of the parties and conclude that special parole is a status duly authorized by General Statutes § 53a-28 (b).2 We decline to adopt the defendant's construction of § 53a-35a, as that construction would conflict with § 53a-28 (b) (9) and General Statutes § 54-128 (c). Sections 53a-28 (b) (9) and 54-128 (c) explicitly authorize a defendant to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment followed by a period of special parole, provided that the combined term of the period of imprisonment and special parole do not exceed the statutory maximum for the crime for which the defendant was convicted.
"It ... is well established that, [i]n cases in which more than one [statutory provision] is involved, we presume that the legislature intended [those provisions] to be read together to create a harmonious body of law ... and we construe the [provisions], if possible, to avoid conflict between them." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Victor O. , 320 Conn. 239, 248-49, 128 A.3d 940 (2016).
Here, the defendant received a definite period of incarceration of seven years followed by a period of eight years of special parole, and the combined terms *224of imprisonment and special parole did not exceed the maximum sentence of incarceration for his conviction of possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell pursuant to § 21a-277 (a), which is punishable for up to fifteen years of incarceration for a first offense. The defendant's sentence, therefore, was explicitly authorized by statute and does not constitute an illegal sentence. Therefore, the trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence.
The judgment is affirmed.