Legal Opinion
Carpenter v. Meachum
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 18, 1994No. 14595PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
In this companion case to Simms v. Warden, 229 Conn. 178, 640 A.2d 601 (1994), the dis-positive issue is the constitutionality of General Stat*194utes § 52-2731 insofar as that statute deprives this court of subject matter jurisdiction over a writ of error brought to review the denial of a petition of habeas corpus after the habeas court has denied certification to appeal. We conclude that the statute passes constitutional muster and that the writ of error must, therefore, be dismissed.
The plaintiff in error, Richard T. Carpenter (plaintiff), filed a revised petition for a writ of habeas corpus…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. StoddardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Summerville v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. McCahillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Bower v. D'OnfroConnecticut Appellate Court · 1995
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