BRETON v. COM'R OF CORRECTION

(SC 19072).

159 A.3d 1112 (2017)

325 Conn. 640

Robert BRETON v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 23, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria L. Steinberg , pro hac vice, with whom were Moira L. Buckley and, on the brief, William H. Kettlewell , pro hac vice, and Jason A. Casey , pro hac vice, for the appellant (petitioner).

Harry Weller , senior assistant state's attorney, with whom were Cynthia S. Serafini , senior assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, Maureen Platt , state's attorney, and Michael Proto and Marcia Pillsbury , assistant state's attorneys, for the appellee (respondent).

Rogers, C. J., and Palmer, Eveleigh, McDonald and Robinson, Js.


The petitioner, Robert Breton, was found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of capital felony for the 1987 stabbing deaths of his former wife and his son, and was sentenced to death.1 The petitioner thereafter filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, attacking both his conviction and his death...

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