HOUSTON v. WARDEN


169 Conn. 247 (1975)

OSWALD HOUSTON v. WARDEN, CONNECTICUT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, SOMERS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. O'Neill, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, for the appellant (defendant).

Leonard I. Shankman, for the appellee (plaintiff).

HOUSE, C. J., LOISELLE, MACDONALD, LONGO and BARBER, JS.


HOUSE, C. J.

This action was commenced by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and was tried to the Superior Court in Hartford County upon the facts stipulated to by the parties: On July 10, 1973, the plaintiff was sentenced to a term of not less than eighteen months nor more than six years by the Superior Court in Hartford County for the crime of larceny in the first degree. The plaintiff was arrested on September 28...

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