Legal Opinion
Marple v. Manson
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 19, 1974No. Civ. 15525PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON RESPONDENTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a motion to dismiss as moot a petition for habeas corpus and for a declaratory judgment. The suit was brought by a state prisoner attacking the constitutionality of his indefinite reformatory sentence imposed pursuant to Conn.Gen.Stat. § 18-75. The issue is whether federal jurisdiction with respect to petitioner’s claims has been terminated by the expiration of his sentence.
Petitioner pleaded guilty to committing two separate offenses of larceny in the third degree, a Class B misdemean- or for which the…
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