Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Warden, State Prison
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 21, 1991No. 14198PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The petitioner, Alphonso Johnson, is in the custody of the respondent warden of the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers. His incarceration resulted from his conviction of a crime committed in Connecticut for which he was originally sentenced on February 16,1979, to a term of imprisonment of not less than twenty years nor more than forty years. His sentence was later modified to a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years nor more than twenty years.
While the petitioner was in custody in Connecticut, but prior to his Connecticut conviction, prosecuting officials in New York…
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