Legal Opinion
Daley v. Warden of State Prison
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided September 24, 1957No. File 110113Published
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, J.
On May 17, 1957, the petitioner was convicted in the Superior Court for the county of Hartford of being a habitual criminal and was sentenced to be confined in the state prison at Wethersfield for a period of not less than ten years and not more than thirty years. The present petition of habeas corpus is brought upon the ground that the sentence imposed upon the petitioner is unconstitutional in that § 8825 of the General Statutes is administered in a manner that is unequal, discriminatory and arbitrary. This is claimed upon the ground that there are presently confined in the state prison at…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- State v. FerroneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- People Ex Rel. Nechamcus v. Warden of the City PrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- State v. HefflinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
- MacKay Telegraph & Cable Co. v. City of Little RockSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Munro v. . State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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