Fimara v. Garner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of habeas corpus to determine the legality of the imprisonment of one Domenico Cesare in the State prison, brought to and heard by the Hon. Howard J. Curtis, a judge of the Superior Court, who adjudged that the prisoner was legally imprisoned and remanded him to the custody of the respondent to serve his sentence, from which judgment the petitioner appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The return showed that the respondent held the petitioner under a warrant, issued by the Superior Court, ordering him to receive and keep the petitioner until the expiration of the term of imprisonment imposed by said court during a period not exceeding five years as a maximum term and not less than three years as a minimum, upon his conviction for the crime of conspiracy. The petitioner demurred to the return upon the ground that “said judgment sentenced the prisoner to a place not warranted by law for the crime with which he stood charged, and for a longer term than justified by any…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. GliddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1887
- State v. GannonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- State v. SetterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
- Ross v. CrofuttSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. HayesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Drazen v. New Haven Taxicab Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- State v. KempSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
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