Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Warden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 13, 1991No. 14112PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The dispositive issue in this habeas corpus appeal is whether the petitioner, John M. Phillips, was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel under the sixth amendment to the United States constitution1 because an actual conflict of interest adversely *114affected his lawyer’s performance. In 1983, the petitioner was convicted, after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70, unlawful restraint in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-95, and burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101.…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by109 opinions
- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Bunkley v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Summerville v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. CrespoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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