Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 14, 2006No. AC 25164PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McLACHLAN, J.
The petitioner, Melvin Mitchell, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment dismissing his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims on appeal that the court improperly (1) denied his petition for certification to appeal, (2) denied his petition for DNA testing of evidence, (3) denied his motion for a continuance to permit DNA testing, (4) dismissed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus without a hearing and (5) took dispositive action on the petition for a writ of habeas corpus without the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Negron v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Mercer v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Mitchell v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- Owens v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. HurdleConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. DupigneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Harris v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- Coleman v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
- TOWN OF TRUMBULL v. PalmerConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- Hamlin v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
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