Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 13, 2011No. AC 31539PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROBINSON, J.
The petitioner, Eddie Rodriguez, appeals following the habeas court’s denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment denying his second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1 On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion in denying his petition for certification to appeal and improperly rejected his claim that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance due to an actual conflict of interest. We agree that the court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal; nevertheless, we conclude that the court…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Lozada v. DeedsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Small v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Diaz v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- Grover v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
- Hines v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Leon v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2019
- Gaskin v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
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