Legal Opinion
Mercer v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 18, 1998No. AC 17663PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FOTI, J.
The petitioner appeals from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing his amended petition. The petitioner claims that the habeas court improperly found that (1) he faded to preserve his claim that he was denied due process as a result of an inherently prejudicial courtroom atmosphere and was therefore required to satisfy the Wainwright v. Sykes, 433 U.S. 72, 97 S. Ct. 2497, 53 L. Ed. 2d 594 (1977), standard for review of his constitutional claim, (2) he was not denied the effective assistance of trial counsel and (3) he was not denied the effective assistance of appellate…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bunkley v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Connecticut National Bank v. GiacomiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Anderson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- Reddick v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- Morrison v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- State v. MimsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Thorpe v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
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