AC38214 - Haughey v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; "On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court abused
its discretion in denying his petition for certification to appeal because his
mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release
violated the requirement of individualized, proportionate sentencing under the
eighth amendment to the United States constitution as articulated in Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460, 132 S. Ct. 2455, 183 L. Ed. 2d 407 (2012). The petitioner also
claims, for the first time on appeal, that his mandatory sentence of life
without the possibility of release violates the Connecticut constitution. We conclude
that the habeas court did not abuse its discretion in denying the petition for certification
to appeal, and, accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.")