Legal Opinion
Petaway v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 16, 1998No. AC 16990PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HENNESSY, J.
The petitioner, William Petaway, appeals from the denial of certification to appeal and the dismissal of his writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the habeas court’s denial of certification to appeal.
*76On July 30, 1992, the petitioner entered nolo contendere pleas with respect to charges arising from three separate shooting incidents.1 The trial court sentenced him to a total effective sentence of twenty-five years imprisonment, execution suspended after sixteen years, followed by three years probation. On October 17,1996, the petitioner filed a writ of habeas corpus alleging…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Lozada v. DeedsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Valeriano v. BronsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Mitchell v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- Owens v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Reddick v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- Perry v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Grant v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
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