GRIFFIN v. COM'R OF CORRECTION

(SC 20179).

215 A.3d 718 (2019)

333 Conn. 480

Timothy GRIFFIN v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released August 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Drapp III , assigned counsel, for the appellant (petitioner).

Matthew A. Weiner , assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John C. Smriga , state's attorney, and Emily D. Trudeau , assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js.


The issue presented in this appeal1 is whether the transfer of a fourteen year old defendant's case to the regular criminal docket and his subsequent sentence of forty years imprisonment violate the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment enshrined in the dual...

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