Legal Opinion
Littlefield v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided December 9, 1998No. File CV 97-0395743PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK S. MEADOW, JUDGE TRIAL REFEREE.
The petitioner, Robert Littlefield, seeks a new trial on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. The petitioner pleaded guilty on file no. CR 94-53505 to one count of arson in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-lll (a) (1), one count of reckless endangerment in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-63, and one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21. On a second file, no. CR 94-53404, on the same date, February 9, 1995, the petitioner pleaded guilty to one count of sexual…
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- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Valeriano v. BronsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Littlefield v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000