Summary
granting certification to appeal decision of Connecticut Appellate Court on whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the habeas court did not abuse its discretion in denying certification to appeal
Summary of this case from Van Stepney v. SempleOpinion
Decided May 15, 1998
The respondent's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 47 Conn. App. 752 (AC 17274), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the respondent's certification to appeal to the Appellate Court?
"2. Whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that jail credit good time and statutory good time earned on a sentence must be shifted from an earlier sentence and credited to subsequently imposed concurrent sentences?"
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15938.
Richard T. Biggar, assistant attorney general, in support of the petition.
Brett Dignam, in opposition.
Leonard W. Engel submitted an amicus curiae memorandum on behalf of the Connecticut Correctional Ombudsman, Inc., in support of the petition.