Farmer v. Commissioner of Correction

In this habeas corpus action, the petitioner, John Farmer, challenged his kidnapping conviction on the ground that the trial court had failed to instruct the jury, in accordance with State v. Salamon, 287 Conn. 509 , 949 A.2d 1092 (2008), that to find him guilty of kidnapping, it had to find that he intended to restrain the victim to a greater degree than was necessary to commit assault. The habeas court concluded that the trial court's failure to give this instruction was error, but that the error was harmless. As a result, the habeas court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We…