Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Berger
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 20, 1989No. 13450PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
Certification was granted in this case limited to the question: “Did the state violate the guarantees of equal protection contained in the Connecticut and United States constitutions by declining to credit pretrial jail time against the length of an insanity acquittee’s commitment to a mental hospital?” Franklin v. Berger, 208 Conn. 816, 546 A.2d 282 (1988). The Appellate Court answered this question in the affirmative. Franklin v. Berger, 15 Conn. App. 74, 544 A.2d 650 (1988). We disagree.
The facts relevant to this appeal are not in dispute and have been set forth in the opinion of the…
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