Legal Opinion
Wright v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided November 11, 2008No. AC 28333PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which the petitioner, Edward D. Wright, claimed that his conviction of attempt to commit murder and assault in the first degree was obtained as a result of the ineffective assistance of counsel. On appeal, the petitioner claims (1) that the court abused its discretion in denying his petition for certification to appeal and (2) that the court improperly found that the ineffective assistance of counsel was not prejudicial to him. The appeal is dismissed.
In 1999, following a jury…
3Cases cited8 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. WrightConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Griffin v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
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4Cited by5 opinions
- Mejia v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- Britton v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
- Britton v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
- Suarez v. Government of the Virgin IslandsSuperior Court of The Virgin Islands · 2010
- Wright v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009