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WEBB v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 18857.

140 A.3d 198 (2016)

322 Conn. 187

Daniel WEBB v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 26, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael O. Sheehan , with whom was Richard A. Reeve , New Haven, for the appellant (petitioner).

Timothy J. Sugrue , assistant state's attorney, and Harry Weller , senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Kevin T. Kane , chief state's attorney, Matthew A. Weiner , assistant state's attorney, and Michael E. O'Hare , former senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

Hope R. Metcalf , New Haven, and Constance de la Vega , pro hac vice, filed a brief for certain experts on international human rights and comparative law as amici curiae.

Alex V. Hernandez and Brian W. Stull filed a brief for certain legal historians and scholars as amici curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and PALMER, EVELEIGH, McDONALD, ESPINOSA and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.

The petitioner, Daniel Webb, raises the following two claims on appeal: (1) whether the habeas court properly denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus; and (2) whether the legislature's prospective repeal of the death penalty in No. 12-5 of the 2012 Public Acts (P.A. 12-5) rendered the death penalty, as applied to the petitioner and...

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