Legal Opinion
Knight v. Bourbeau
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 25, 1984No. 12208PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
The petitioner, Charles Otis Knight, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was being illegally confined pursuant to a rendition warrant issued by the governor of Connecticut in response to a request for extradition from the state of Florida. The trial court denied the relief sought by the petitioner and he has appealed. We find no error.
In the trial court, the petitioner claimed that his detention was illegal because the supporting documentation tendered by the state of Florida was defective *703in two respects: it allegedly failed to demonstrate that he was “substantially…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Barrila v. BlakeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Parks v. BourbeauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Cain v. MooreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. ReddickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. HarveyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1992
- Statewide Grievance Committee v. WhitneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. YoungConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- DeLucia v. BurnsConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
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