Despres v. Commissioner of Correction

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT MARK DESPRES, : Petitioner, : : v. : No. 3:20-cv-929 (SRU) : COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, : Respondent. : ORDER On July 7, 2020, Mark Despres, a prisoner in Connecticut state custody,1 filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Petition, Doc. No. 1. In 1997, Despres pleaded guilty to (1) murder, in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54a, and (2) conspiracy to commit murder, in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 53a-48 and 53a-54a. In 2003, Despres was sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment for those two…