Legal Opinion
Orcutt v. Commissioner of Correction
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 6, 2007No. SC 17836PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
The petitioner, James Orcutt, filed this habeas action, alleging that the sentence he had received for certain drug offenses violated his right to be sentenced in accordance with the terms of his plea agreement as mandated by Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 92 S. Ct. 495, 30 L. Ed. 2d 427 (1971). Following a trial, the habeas court, Fuger, J., rendered judgment granting the petitioner’s amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, from which the respondent, the commissioner of correction, appealed, 2 claiming that (1) the petitioner failed to allege and prove cause and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cobham v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Windels v. Environmental Protection CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- State v. CasianoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Taylor v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Crawford v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Sosin v. SosinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- Kaczynski v. KaczynskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Vazquez v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Nelson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2017
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