Case Name: John Franklin v. Robert Berger et al.
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1988-07-26
Citations: 208 Conn. 816
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Franklin v. Robert Berger et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 208
Pages: 816–816

Head Matter:
John Franklin v. Robert Berger et al.
Carl J. Schuman, assistant attorney general, in support of the petition.
Miriam Berkman, in opposition.
Decided July 26, 1988

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 15 Conn. App. 74, is granted, limited to the issue: "Did the state violate the guarantees of equal protection contained in the Connecticut and the United States constitutions by declining to credit pretrial jail time against the length of an insanity acquittee's commitment to a mental hospital?"