Payne v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Arnold Payne, appeals following the denial by the habeas court of his petition for certification to appeal from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that the habeas court improperly determined that his trial counsel had provided effective assistance.1 In his petition, the petitioner claimed that his counsel failed to inform him fully of the direct consequences of his guilty plea. Spe*584cifically, the petitioner claimed that counsel failed to inform him that he would have to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he would be eligible for…