Mourning v. Commissioner of Correction

Following the habeas court's denial of his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner, Marlik Mourning, appeals from the habeas court's denial of his petition for certification to appeal. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying his petition for certification to appeal because the record established that his criminal trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to move to exclude the testimony of the state's ballistics expert. We conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying the petition for…