SC20576 - Felder v.
Commissioner of Correction (Whether federal habeas petition is a prior petition; judgment
of the Appellate Court dismissing the petitioner’s habeas petition on the
grounds it was untimely filed and there was no good cause to excuse the delay; “This certified appeal requires us to consider
whether the Appellate Court correctly determined that (1) the phrase “prior
petition,” as used in § 52-470 (d), unambiguously refers to prior state habeas
petitions and does not also include prior federal habeas petitions, and (2) the
habeas court had not abused its discretion in dismissing the petition because
the petitioner did not establish good cause to excuse the untimely filing of
his habeas petition, as required by § 52-470 (e). We agree with the Appellate
Court’s determinations and, therefore, affirm the judgment of the Appellate
Court.”)