AC43214 - Felder v. Commissioner of Correction ("On appeal, the petitioner first claims that the habeas court
improperly determined that his petition was untimely under § 52- 470 (d) on the
ground that it was not filed within the statutorily prescribed time limits, as
measured from the date of the final judgment on his prior state court habeas
petition, and that a habeas petition he previously had filed in federal court
was not a ‘‘prior petition’’ within the meaning of § 52-470 (d) so as to reset
the statutorily prescribed time limits to file a subsequent habeas petition
challenging the same conviction. Alternatively, the petitioner claims that the
habeas court improperly determined that his purported ignorance of the filing
deadline set forth in § 52-470 (d) and his belief that he could litigate his
federal habeas petition before returning to state court were insufficient to
demonstrate good cause within the meaning of § 52-470 (e) to overcome the
statutory presumption of unreasonable delay. We disagree with the petitioner
and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the habeas court.")