Lewis v. Commissioner of Correction

RULING ON PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS

HAIGHT, Senior District Judge:

In this habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Petitioner contends that he is being held in the custody of Respondent Connecticut Commissioner of Corrections in violation of the United States Constitution. Following an evidentiary hearing conducted by this Court, and written and oral submissions by counsel for the parties, the Court enters this Ruling.1

I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

In the early morning hours of October 11, 1990, Ricardo Turner and Lamont Fields were shot and killed while inside their apartment on the…