Legal Opinion
Copeland v. Warden, State Prison
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 16, 1993No. 14381PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The issue in this appeal is whether, after a defendant has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for an earlier offense and has been committed for psychiatric treatment, the trial court has the authority to stay the execution of a criminal sentence, imposed for a subsequent offense, until the defendant’s psychiatric commitment has ended. The petitioner, David Copeland, appeals, upon a grant of certification,1 from the Appellate Court’s affirmance of the judgment of the trial court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.2 We affirm.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- State v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Payne v. Fairfield Hills HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- State v. AbbottSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Cobham v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. TaboneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Harris v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. SzulczewskiWisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
- Connelly v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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