Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 2, 1985No. 11947PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
The petitioner, William H. X. Taylor, instituted this habeas corpus proceeding against the respondent commissioner of correction, seeking credit under General Statutes § 18-981 for ninety-seven days which he spent confined in New York awaiting extradition to Connecticut. The trial court granted the writ under § 18-98 and ordered the commissioner to credit the petitioner’s Connecticut sentence with the ninety-seven days. The commissioner has appealed.
*574Certain background circumstances should be set out. On August 29,1979, Taylor was arrested in New York as a fugitive from justice in Connecticut…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Johnson v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- In Re CatalanoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
- United States of America Ex Rel. Santiago Defillo, Relator-Appellant v. W. W. FitzpatrickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Burger & Burger, Inc. v. MurrenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- St. George v. GordonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Hammond v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Hammond v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- Diaz v. Warden, No. Cv99-2919 (Mar. 21, 2002)Connecticut Superior Court · 2002
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