Legal Opinion
Breton v. Commissioner of Correction
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 23, 2017No. SC19072PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcDONALD, J.
The petitioner, Robert Breton, was found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of capital felony for the 1987 stabbing deaths of his former wife and his son, and was sentenced to death. 1 The petitioner thereafter filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, attacking both his conviction and his death sentence. This appeal ensued after the habeas court denied the petition. Subsequent events have rendered the petitioner's claims relating to his death sentence moot; see part II of this opinion; leaving for our consideration those challenging the judgment of conviction.
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2Cases cited57 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Meletrich v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2019
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