Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Commissioner of Correction
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 2008No. SC 17997PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The petitioner, Vance Johnson, appeals1 from the judgment of the habeas court denying his second petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In this appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court improperly rejected his claims that: (1) the retroactive application by the respondent, the commissioner of correction, of this court’s decision in Harris v. Commissioner of Correction, 271 Conn. 808, 860 A.2d 175 (2004), to change the petitioner’s presentence confinement credit constituted a violation of the ex post facto clause of the United States constitution; and (2) at…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rogers v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Willow Springs Condominium Ass'n v. Seventh BRT Development Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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3Cited by41 opinions
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Connecticut Light and Power Co. v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Chien v. Skystar Bio Pharmaceutical Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2009
- Diaz v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Thomas v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
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