Annunziata v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Salvatore Annunziata, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petitions for a writ of habeas corpus and for certification to appeal. Specifically, the petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion when it (1) denied his petition for certification to appeal from the denial of the petition for habeas corpus, and (2) denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he had alleged ineffective assistance of counsel on the bases of alleged coercion by his trial counsel to enter an Alford1 plea and counsel’s alleged failure to conduct a…