Commissioner of Correction v. Rodriquez

This is a writ of error from a judgment of the Superior Court granting the defendant in error’s (petitioner) petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1983, a jury found the petitioner, Andres Rodriquez, guilty of arson in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-lll and SSa-S.1 We upheld the conviction on appeal. State v. Rodriquez, 200 Conn. 685, 513 A.2d 71 (1986). The petitioner thereafter sought a writ of habeas corpus. The habeas court granted the petition and ordered a new trial concluding that the petitioner had been denied a fundamental constitutional right because his…