Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 15, 2010No. AC 29415PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
The petitioner, Richard Lewis, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims on appeal that the court (1) improperly dismissed his petition when he failed to appear personally on the date scheduled for trial and (2) abused its discretion in denying his motion to open the judgment. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.
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The record contains the following relevant facts and procedural history. On February 24, 2005, in the Superior Court in the judicial district of New Haven, the petitioner…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- James L. v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. OrtizConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- Pritchard v. PritchardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Rocque v. DeMilo and Co., Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2004
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Logan v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Lewis v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Lewis v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2012
- Anderson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2015