Legal Opinion
Joyner v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided November 2, 1999No. AC 17716PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUPONT, J.
The sole issue in this appeal from the granting of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is whether the respondent commissioner of correction (commissioner)1 was deprived of an impartial fact finder when the trial court denied the commissioner’s motion to recuse the judge. We conclude that the motion was properly denied and affirm the judgment of the habeas court.
The following facts are relevant to this appeal. In March, 1989, the petitioner, Angelo Joyner, was arrested and charged with one count of assault in the first degree, three counts of sexual assault in the first…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. JoynerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Papa v. New Haven Federation of TeachersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Advanced Financial Services, Inc. v. Associated Appraisal Services, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- Conklin v. Warrington TownshipDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2007
- State v. JoynerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. MartinConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- State v. SpellsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
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