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JOHNSON v. MANSON

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196 Conn. 309 (1985)

SAMUEL LEWIS JOHNSON v. JOHN R. MANSON, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. D. McCallum, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general and Michael Donahue, law student intern, for the appellant (respondent).

Todd D. Fernow, with whom was Michael R. Sheldon, for the appellee (petitioner).

HEALEY, PARSKEY, SHEA, DANNEHY and SATTER, JS.

ARTHUR H. HEALEY, J.

The issue presented in this habeas corpus proceeding is whether the petitioner, Samuel Lewis Johnson, must be credited under General Statutes § 18-981 for the 109 days he spent in a Florida jail while resisting extradition to Connecticut for trial on the charge of escape from custody, a violation of General Statutes § 53a-171.2 The trial court granted the writ holding that §...

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