Legal Opinion
State v. Rupar
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 22, 2009No. SC 18269PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
The dispositive issue raised by this writ of error is whether convicted persons have a liberty interest under the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution 1 in receiving prison sentences that are proportional to the prison sentences of similarly situated offenders. We conclude that there is no such liberty interest under the fourteenth amendment and, accordingly, dismiss the writ of error.
The record reveals the following facts and procedural history. On November 19, 2002, the plaintiff in error, Albert Rupar (plaintiff), was charged in a substitute information…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Thomas v. Department of Developmental ServicesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- State v. OsuchConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
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- State v. Nathaniel S.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
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