Legal Opinion

Vazquez v. Commissioner of Correction

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided March 29, 2005No. AC 23671PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LAVERY, C. J.

The petitioner, Carlos Vazquez, appealed from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner filed several motions 1 with this court, the resolution of which has led us to revisit our decision in Franko v. Bronson, 19 Conn. App. 686, 563 A.2d 1036 (1989), in which we addressed the procedures that appointed counsel and courts should follow regarding the filing and disposition of motions to withdraw and Anders briefs 2 in appeals from habeas corpus judgments. In light of our Supreme Court’s decisions in Simms v. Warden,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  3. Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  4. State v. PascucciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
  5. United States v. Carlos VasquezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Lorthe v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
  2. State v. FrancisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
  3. State v. FrancisConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
  4. Reynolds v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2024
  5. Kendall v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2015

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