Legal Opinion
Mejia v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 13, 2009No. AC 29234PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVINE, J.
The petitioner, Percy Mejia, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court, Fuger, J., (1) abused its discretion by denying his petition for certification to appeal and (2) improperly found that future petitions for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the quality of representation the petitioner received would constitute an abuse of the writ and be subject to summary dismissal. We dismiss the appeal.
On March 12, 1991, the petitioner shot Fermon Roy Smith in the back. State v.…
2Cases cited13 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
- State v. NardiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Cobham v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Diaz v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Kearney v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- Zollo v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
- Gibson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Stenner v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
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