Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 19, 2013No. AC 32462PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SHELDON, J.
In this certified appeal from the habeas court’s denial in part of his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he challenged his incarceration pursuant to a judgment of conviction on the charge of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a), the petitioner claims that the court erred in rejecting his claim that his counsel in his murder trial rendered ineffective assistance by failing to call a certain witness *467to testify in that trial.1 We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.
In examining the petitioner’s claims on the direct appeal of his…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Washington v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Chance v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
- Salmon v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- Skakel v. Comm'r of Corr.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
- Williams v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- Banks v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
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