Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Commissioner of Correction
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 10, 2009No. SC 17896PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCHALLER, J.
The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether trial counsel for the petitioner, Bemale Bryant, rendered ineffective assistance by failing to present four independent witnesses whose testimony, the petitioner claims, would have supported a third party culpability defense and substantially impeached the evidence presented against the petitioner. The petitioner appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the judgment of the habeas court, which had granted his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the Appellate Court…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- George Lindstadt v. John P. Keane, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Bunkley v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Kenneth G. Pavel v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of New York StateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Horn v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
- Spearman v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Grant v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Meletrich v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2019
- Jackson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
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