Baker v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The respondents, 1 the commissioner of correction and the board of pardons and paroles (board), appeal, following our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the judgment of the trial court dismissing the amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus of the petitioner, Troy Baker. The sole issue presented on appeal to this court is whether an inmate has a cognizable liberty interest in his parole eligibility status sufficient to invoke the subject matter jurisdiction of the habeas court. We conclude that our statutory scheme affords no…