Legal Opinion
Atkinson v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 21, 2010No. AC 30634PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BEAR, J.
In this “habeas on a habeas,” the petitioner, Darrell Atkinson, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment denying his amended second petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal and improperly rejected his claim that counsel in his first habeas trial had been ineffective. We dismiss the appeal.
The following facts are relevant to our resolution of the petitioner’s appeal. In the underlying criminal matter, 1 the petitioner was charged…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Lozada v. DeedsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- State v. SaucierSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Summerville v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gooden v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Sotomayor v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
- Elliston v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Washington v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Bosque v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
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