Griffin v. Commissioner of Correction

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment for the Commissioner, holding that statutory changes restricting transfer of fourteen-year-olds to the regular criminal docket did not establish an evolved constitutional standard of decency that invalidated the petitioner's transfer or required retroactive application. The court also held that the petitioner's forty-year sentence did not violate the Connecticut Constitution because he became eligible for parole after serving twenty-four years. The opinion contains no separate opinions.