Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Warden, State Prison
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 21, 1991No. 14119PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGlass, J.
The petitioner, Todd Douglas, filed an amended writ of habeas corpus alleging that the Appellate Court’s dismissal of his appeal had violated his federal constitutional rights to due process and to the assistance of counsel, and requesting that his appeal be reinstated on the Appellate Court’s docket. The habeas court dismissed the petition on the grounds that the Appellate Court had not deprived the petitioner of his constitutional rights and that the habeas court lacked authority to restore his appeal to the Appellate Court’s docket. We affirm.
The facts are as follows. After a jury trial,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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