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FORNEY v. STEINERT

169 Conn. 690 (1975)

OLIVER FORNEY v. RICHARD M. STEINERT, SUPERINTENDENT, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AT ENFIELD

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Wizner, with whom, on the brief, were Dennis E. Curtis and Michael J. Churgin, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Richard F. Jacobson, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was Donald A. Browne, state's attorney, for the appellee (defendant).

HOUSE, C. J., COTTER, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and BARBER, JS.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing the plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition the plaintiff alleged his confinement at the Connecticut correctional institution at Somers to serve a term of six to nine years following his 1971 conviction, after a jury trial, for the sale of heroin. The petition alleged that the imprisonment was illegal because at his trial...

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