Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 11, 2009No. AC 29760PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVINE, J.
The petitioner, Scott Lewis, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that (1) he failed to prove that the state suppressed evidence of an agreement with a witness, (2) his claim that his conviction was the product of perjured testimony was not an independent or freestanding claim on which relief could be granted in a habeas proceeding and (3) newly discovered evidence did not establish his actual…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Summerville v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Miller v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gould v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- Elsey v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Kaddah v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Peeler v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- Lewis v. Commissioner of CorrectionDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2013
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