Barlow v. Commissioner of Correction

ALISON BARLOW v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION (SC 20591) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js. Syllabus The petitioner, who had been convicted of attempt to commit murder, among other crimes, sought a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that his trial counsel, M, had provided ineffective assistance during pretrial plea nego- tiations. During those negotiations, the trial court offered the petitioner a plea deal of fifteen years of incarceration, execution suspended after nine years, but the petitioner, who had indicated his preference for a six year sentence, rejected…