Legal Opinion
Morant v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 22, 2009No. AC 28990PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BORDEN, J.
The petitioner, Stefon Morant, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner contends that the court improperly concluded that at his criminal trial (1) there was no violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 (1963), and (2) he received effective assistance of counsel. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.
The following facts and procedural history are relevant to the petitioner’s claims. In 1994, the petitioner was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Harley v. Indian Spring Land Co.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Elsey v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Spearman v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Meletrich v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2019
- Moore v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
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