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GAINES v. MANSON

(12460), (12461), (12462), (12463), (12464), (12465), (12466)

194 Conn. 510 (1984)

PALMER GAINES v. JOHN R. MANSON EDWARD KEISER, JR. v. JOHN R. MANSON ALPHONZIE PERRY v. JOHN R. MANSON LAWRENCE TAYLOR v. JOHN R. MANSON DONALD WEST v. JOHN R. MANSON WILLIE BRASWELL v. RAYMOND LOPES DONALD DEFORGE v. RAYMOND LOPES

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released September 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley White, with whom was Martha Stone, for the appellants (petitioners).

Carl J. Schuman, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Austin J. McGuigan, chief state's attorney, and John Nazzaro, legal intern, for the appellee (state).

Timothy S. Fisher filed a brief as amicus curiae.

PETERS, HEALEY, SHEA, GRILLO and DALY, JS.

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in these consolidated cases is the extent of the petitioners' constitutional rights to timely prosecution of their appeals from their criminal convictions. Each petitioner, Palmer Gaines, Edward Keiser, Jr., Alphonzie Perry, Lawrence Taylor, Donald West, Willie Braswell and Donald DeForge, sought a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his continued incarceration was illegal because appeal of...

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