Gipson v. Commissioner of Correction

Although I respectfully disagree with the conclusion reached in part II of the majority opinion, I would affirm the decision of the habeas court because each of the petitioner’s claims is without merit.

Although in Ross v. Moffitt, 417 U.S. 600, 618, 94 S. Ct. 2437, 41 L. Ed. 2d 341 (1974), the United States Supreme Court held that an indigent defendant did not *422have a constitutional right to court-appointed counsel in pursuing a discretionary state appeal, it stated: “We do not mean by this opinion to in any way discourage those States which have, as a matter of legislative choice, made…