Legal Opinion

Shannon v. Manson

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided June 13, 1984No. Civ. No. H-82-477PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

RULING ON MAGISTRATE’S RECOMMENDED DECISION ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CLARIE, Senior District Judge.

The petitioner Paul S. Shannon (“Shannon” or “petitioner”) is currently serving a life sentence in the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers, Connecticut, having been found guilty by a jury of second degree murder. He was convicted almost fifteen years ago, on December 3, 1969, of the murder of Francis X. Fenton (“Officer Fenton”), an off-duty Hartford police officer. This petition comes before the Court on the recommended ruling of United States Magistrate F. Owen Eagan,…

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