OSTROSKI v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 18600.

21 A.3d 444 (2011)

301 Conn. 360

Richard OSTROSKI v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Submitted on briefs July 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon A.R. Kirschbaum , filed a brief for the appellant (petitioner).

Madeline A. Melchionne and Terrence M. O'Neill , assistant attorneys general, George Jepsen , attorney general, and Richard Blumenthal , former attorney general, filed a brief for the appellee (respondent).

Prior report: Conn.Super., 2009 WL 865533.


PER CURIAM.

The sole issue in this appeal1 is whether General Statutes § 53a-35b, which defines a sentence of life imprisonment as a term of sixty years, applies to the sentence of the petitioner, Richard Ostroski, who committed the offense prior to July 1, 1981, the effective date of § 53a-35b, but was sentenced after that date. The petitioner contends that the habeas court improperly rejected his challenge to his indeterminate...

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