Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Brooks
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 5, 2003No. 301CV589JCHPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING RE: AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
HALL, District Judge.
The petitioner, Clovis Lloyd Johnson (“Johnson”), currently confined at the Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut, brings this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction, pursuant to a guilty plea, on charges of manslaughter, altering or removing identification marks on a pistol and carrying a pistol without a permit. For the reasons set forth below, the amended petition is denied.
I. Procedural Background
In August 1992, Johnson pled guilty to charges of…
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