Legal Opinion
Meade v. Warden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 14, 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParskey, J.
In this habeas corpus action the sole issue to be resolved is whether the plaintiff’s constitutional and statutory rights were violated when he pleaded guilty to three counts of second degree murder 1 under an indictment charging first degree murder. The facts of the case are unchallenged.
The plaintiff was indicted on March 8,1971, upon three counts of murder in the first degree. Essentially, the indictments charged that on or about August 12, 1970, the plaintiff wilfully, deliberately, and premeditatedly killed three victims by striking each repeatedly about the head with a hard object.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Blue v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1977
- State v. TomassiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Galland v. BronsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Mead v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007