Gaffney v. Butricks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT FRANCIS P. GAFFNEY, : Petitioner, : : v. : Case No. 3:19cv934(KAD) : KENNETH BUTRICKS, : Respondent. : RULING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Preliminary Statement The petitioner, Francis P. Gaffney (“Gaffney”), is an inmate currently confined at Cheshire Correctional Institution. He brings this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

to challenge his sixty-year sentence imposed following his 1989 plea of guilty to felony murder and kidnapping charges. For the reasons that follow, the petition is dismissed…