Case Name: CARLOS M. RIVERA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1998-05-15
Citations: 245 Conn. 901
Docket Number: SC 15938
Parties: CARLOS M. RIVERA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 245
Pages: 901–901

Head Matter:
CARLOS M. RIVERA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
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.
Decided May 15, 1998

Opinion:
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?"