Legal Opinion
Bowens v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 11, 2007No. AC 27260PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HARPER, J.
The petitioner, Tyreese Bowens, appeals following the denial of certification to appeal from the judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal and improperly rejected his claim that his trial counsel had provided ineffective assistance. We dismiss the petitioner’s appeal.
In 1998, the petitioner was convicted, following a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a). Following his direct appeal, we affirmed the judgment of conviction. State…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Adorno v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. BowensConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bailey v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- Key v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- Cabral v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- Jones v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Ryan v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
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