Legal Opinion
Diggs v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided January 22, 1999No. File CV96 324266SPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeheny, J.
The petitioner, James Diggs, was found guilty of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54 (a) after a jury trial. The trial court, McKeever, J., sentenced the petitioner to a term of imprisonment of forty-six years. The petitioner appealed the conviction, and it was upheld on appeal. State v. Diggs, 219 Conn. 295, 592 A.2d 949 (1991).
At the time of the murder on October 2, 1988, the petitioner was sixteen years of age. He admitted to shooting and killing the victim, Frank Davis, but claimed it was justified because he acted in self-defense.
The petitioner filed a petition for writ of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. ConnellyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1997
- State v. DiggsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Jeffrey v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Diggs v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- Jacques v. Warden, No. Cv 98-0413123 (Mar. 30, 2001)Connecticut Superior Court · 2001