Anderson v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The respondent, the commissioner of correction, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court granting, in part, the revised amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner, Francis Anderson. The respondent claims that the court improperly determined that the petitioner was deprived of the effective assistance of trial counsel due to a conflict of interest. We agree and, accordingly, reverse the judgment of the habeas court.

The following procedural history is relevant to our resolution of the respondent’s claim. In the underlying criminal matters, the…