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MCCLAIN v. ROBINSON

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189 Conn. 663 (1983)

HENRY MCCLAIN v. CARL ROBINSON, WARDEN, CONNECTICUT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, SOMERS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Nash, assistant public defender, with whom, on the brief, were Jerrold H. Barnett, public defender, and Ellen B. Lubell, assistant public defender, for the appellant (plaintiff).

C. Robert Satti, state's attorney, for the appellee (defendant).

SPEZIALE, C. J., PETERS, PARSKEY, SHEA and GRILLO, JS.

GRILLO, J.

This appeal from the judgment of the trial court granting a motion to quash a writ of habeas corpus raises the following issue: whether, in 1973, a writ of habeas corpus was an appropriate procedural vehicle to test the legality of a criminal contempt citation.

The facts are not in dispute. On June 12, 1973, the plaintiff appeared without counsel before the New London Superior Court to be heard on a motion...

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