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COBHAM v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

(SC 16393)

258 Conn. 30 (2001)

VERNON L. COBHAM v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released September 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Temmy Ann Pieszak, chief of habeas corpus services, with whom was Margaret E. Flynn, deputy assistant public defender, for the appellant (petitioner).

Harry Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Walter Flanagan, state's attorney, and Angela Macchiarulo, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Vertefeuille, JS.

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a petition for habeas corpus is an appropriate means by which a defendant can challenge the legality of his sentence. The petitioner, Vernon L. Cobham, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1 He claims that the habeas court improperly concluded that the sentence that had been imposed by the...

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