LEWIS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 18664.

39 A.3d 1104 (2012)

304 Conn. 315

Richard LEWIS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James A. Killen , senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Michael Dearington , state's attorney, and Linda N. Howe , former senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

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


PER CURIAM.

The habeas court rendered judgment dismissing the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner, Richard Lewis, when the petitioner failed to appear in person for trial. The respondent, the commissioner of correction, had filed a motion to dismiss the petition, which the habeas court granted. Thereafter, the habeas court denied the petitioner's motion to open the judgment in which the petitioner stated that he had failed to appear because...

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