Legal Opinion

McKnight v. Commissioner of Correction

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided September 14, 2004No. AC 24052Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

2Per curiam

The petitioner, Darryl McKnight, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas coipus following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal to this court. He claims that the habeas court (1) abused its discretion when it denied his petition for certification to appeal and (2) improperly denied his amended petition for a writ of habeas coipus because it incorrectly concluded that he had effective assistance of counsel at his first habeas hearing and at the probable cause *94hearing on January 22, 1987. We dismiss the petitioner’s…

3Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  4. Bewry v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
  5. McKnight v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994

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