Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Commissioner of Correction
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 15, 2000No. SC 15938PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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PALMER, J.
The principal issue raised by this certified appeal is whether a prisoner who is serving multiple concurrent and consecutive sentences is entitled to have his total number of earned good time credits2 applied to reduce his total effective term of imprisonment. We conclude that he is.
The relevant facts and procedural history are undisputed. “The petitioner [was placed] in the custody of the [respondent] commissioner of correction [(commissioner) on] June 17, 1989, when he was arrested and held in lieu of bond on a charge of a violation of General *218Statutes [Rev. to 1989] §…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Lozada v. DeedsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Conway v. Town of WiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Rivera v. Double A Transportation, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
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3Cited by68 opinions
- State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- City of Waterbury v. Town of WashingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Ajadi v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
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