Standing by his words that the stakes in the death penalty phase of Robert Breton’s case “could not be higher,” New Haven defense attorney Norm Pattis has filed a writ of mandamus with the U.S. Supreme Court against state Supreme Court Chief Justice William Sullivan.
In his petition for a writ of prohibition and a writ of mandamus to the U.S. Supreme Court, Pattis said he wanted to “order the chief justice to do his job” by allowing the court to hear Breton’s direct appeal before a civil new trial petition is heard.
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