Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 21, 2010No. AC 28555PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLYNN, C. J.
Article third, § 1, of our state constitution provides for a particular style of the laws enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each such law’s enactment clause must read: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened.” Conn. Const., art. HI, § 1. The appeal before us arises out of the trial court’s granting of the respondent commissioner of correction’s motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of habeas coipus in which the petitioner, George Figueroa III, claimed that this constitutional provision was not complied…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Perricone v. PerriconeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- State Ex Rel. Corbett v. Town of South NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Young v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
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3Cited by4 opinions
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