Hastings v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Tammy Hastings, appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the habeas court, which dismissed her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Hastings v. Commissioner of Correction, 82 Conn. App. 600, 601, 847 A.2d 1009 (2004). The Appellate Court concluded that the petitioner, who had mailed her habeas petition while she was incarcerated on the conviction under attack, but whose petition was not date and time stamped as being received by the New London clerk’s office until after her conviction had expired fully, was not in the custody of the…