Legal Opinion
Reid v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 10, 2006No. AC 24947PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCHALLER, J.
The petitioner, Benjamin Reid, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that the condition of his parole that his release not be “incompatible with the welfare of society” was not void for vagueness and therefore constitutional. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.
The following facts and procedural history are germane to our discussion. In 1957, the petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His death sentence was commuted to…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Coates v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Virginia v. BlackSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- People v. M.S.California Supreme Court · 1995
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. CulverConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
- State v. GaymonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
- Adams v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Reid v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006