Legal Opinion
Melendez v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 9, 2013No. AC 33513PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BEACH, J.
The petitioner, Oscar Melendez, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the habeas court’s judgment denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion when it denied his petition for certification to appeal and committed plain error when it refused to grant his oral request to withdraw his habeas petition. We dismiss the appeal.
In December, 2000, the petitioner was convicted, following a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a) in connection with…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Crawford v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Wilcox v. Webster Insurance, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Mercado v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- Norton v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
- Daigneault v. Consolidated Controls Corp./Eaton Corp.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2005
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Tutson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
- Haughey v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- Mozell v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
- Arroyo v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- Vitale v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
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