PARKER v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 30458.

980 A.2d 930 (2009)

117 Conn.App. 727

Kaniyn PARKER v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided October 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Oh, special public defender, filed a brief for the appellant (petitioner).

Gail P. Hardy, state's attorney, Deborah Mabbett, senior assistant state's attorney, and Melissa L. Streeto, assistant state's attorney, filed a brief for the appellee (respondent).

FLYNN, C.J., and DiPENTIMA and BORDEN, Js.


FLYNN, C.J.

Traditionally, our law has required that a person be in custody in order to make a habeas challenge to his criminal sentence. In Garlotte v. Fordice, 515 U.S. 39, 41, 115 S.Ct. 1948, 132 L.Ed.2d 36 (1995), the United States Supreme Court upheld a habeas petitioner's right to challenge a conviction on the first expired sentence in a series of consecutive sentences because...

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