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STATE v. RUPAR

No. 18269.

978 A.2d 502 (2009)

293 Conn. 489

STATE of Connecticut v. Albert RUPAR.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Callahan, special public defender, for the plaintiff in error.

Harry Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Margaret Gaffney Radionovas, senior assistant state's attorney, Matthew C. Gedansky, state's attorney, and Elizabeth C. Leaming, assistant state's attorney, for the defendant in error.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.

ZARELLA, J.

The dispositive issue raised by this writ of error is whether convicted persons have a liberty interest under the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution1 in receiving prison sentences that are proportional to the prison sentences of similarly situated offenders. We conclude that there is no such liberty interest under the fourteenth amendment and, accordingly, dismiss...

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