Legal Opinion
Garner v. Comm'r of Corr.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 4, 2018No. SC 19927PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPalmer, J.
**488Following his guilty plea to certain violent crimes that he committed on March 22, 2012, the petitioner, Charles Garner, was sentenced to a lengthy prison term. Thereafter, he commenced this habeas action against the respondent, the Commissioner of Correction, claiming that a 2013 amendment to General Statutes (Rev. to 2013) § 54-125a; see Public Acts 2013, No. 13-3, § 59 (P.A. 13-3), codified at General Statutes (Supp. 2014) § 54-125a;1 which *1140eliminated risk reduction credit awarded pursuant to General Statutes § 18-98e2 **489from the calculation of a violent offender's initial parole…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Porter v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- State v. VegaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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