Legal Opinion
Oppel v. Lopes
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 31, 1987No. Civ. No. B-87-46 (TFGD)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
DALY, Chief Judge.
BACKGROUND
Upon a plea of guilty before the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut entered *87on March 8, 1983, the petitioner herein, KENT OPPEL, was convicted of violating CONN.GEN.STAT. § 53a-54a(a)1 for the brutal murder of his wife, Robin Oppel. On April 22, 1983 petitioner was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of seventeen and one-half years to life, which he is serving presently at the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers. In the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus, made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Kent Oppel v. Larry R. Meachum, Commissioner of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988