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CASTONGUAY v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 18599.

16 A.3d 676 (2011)

300 Conn. 649

Gary CASTONGUAY v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon A.R. Kirschbaum , special public defender, for the appellant (petitioner).

Madeline A. Melchionne , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal , former attorney general, and Terrence M. O'Neill , assistant attorney general, for the appellee (respondent).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN and EVELEIGH, Js.

ROGERS, C.J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether General Statutes § 53a-35b,1 which defines a sentence of life imprisonment as a term of sixty years, is applicable in cases where the defendant committed the offense before July 1, 1981, the effective date of § 53a-35b, but the defendant was sentenced after that date. The petitioner, Gary Castonguay, was convicted, after a jury...

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