Legal Opinion
McClain v. Manson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 14, 1981PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
This is an appeal from the denial and dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Although the petitioner properly presents four 1 issues on this appeal, our disposition requires that we discuss only two of those issues: (1) whether the court erred in finding certain facts without evidence, 2 and (2) whether there was a “deliberate bypass” of a direct appeal to the court by the petitioner.
On March 21, 1972, Henry A. McClain, the petitioner, was sentenced in docket number 8679 in the Superior Court for New London County to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of not less than three…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Johnson v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Levine v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Crawford v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- D'Amico v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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