MEAD v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 17632.

920 A.2d 301 (2007)

282 Conn. 317

Harold W. MEAD v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Temmy Ann Pieszak, chief of habeas corpus services, for the appellant (petitioner).

Madeline A. Melchionne, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Henri Alexandre, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (respondent).

BORDEN, NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA and SULLIVAN, Js.


SULLIVAN, J.

The petitioner, Harold W. Mead, appeals1 from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims on appeal that the habeas court improperly concluded that General Statutes § 53a-35b,2 which defines a sentence of life imprisonment as a definite sentence of sixty years, does not apply retroactively to persons who committed crimes prior to...

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