Mitchell v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

The petitioner, Melvin Mitchell, appeals following the denial by the habeas court of his petition for certification to appeal, filed pursuant to General Statutes § 52-470 (b),1 from the denial of his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court (1) abused its discretion in denying his petition for certification to appeal because the habeas court denied him his statutory right to counsel and his constitutional right to self-representation by its handling of his oral request to represent himself at the habeas proceeding,2…