Legal Opinion

Britton v. Commissioner of Correction

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided April 2, 2013No. AC 32908PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GRUENDEL, J.

The petitioner, Abin Britton, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the court erred in finding that his trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance with respect to his attorneys’ (1) advice regarding the state’s plea offer, (2) failure to offer the petitioner’s testimony at a suppression hearing and (3) failure to object to the trial court’s instructions to the venire panel. We dismiss the petitioner’s appeal.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  5. Missouri v. FryeSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. White v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
  2. Britton v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018

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