Legal Opinion
Costa v. Reed
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 5, 1931PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAvery, J.
The application for the writ is made by-Joseph Costa, claiming that he is unlawfully imprisoned by the warden of the Connecticut state prison. The warden filed a return, setting forth that the applicant- was detained by virtue of a mittimus of commitment dated November 15th, 1929, and issued by order of the Superior Court, then holden in and for Litchfield County, reciting his conviction November 13th, 1929, for the crime of injury by dynamiting, and a sentence of imprisonment in the state prison. To this return, the applicant answered that the warrant of commitment was void because it was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- People v. . ThornNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Walgreen Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
- Matter of MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Fair Haven & Westville Railroad v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- State Ex Rel. Wallen v. HatchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Waterbury Teachers Assn. v. FurlongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. CarboneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1977
- Stock v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Hirschfeld v. Commission on ClaimsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1977
- Shanley v. JankuraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
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