Mead v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

The petitioner, Harold W. Mead, appeals 1 from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims on appeal that the habeas court improperly concluded that General Statutes § 53a-35b, 2 which defines a sentence of life imprisonment as a definite sentence of sixty years, does not apply retroactively to persons who committed crimes prior to that statute’s enactment. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.

The record reveals the following facts and procedural history. On March 8, 1971, the petitioner was indicted on…