Legal Opinion
Cosby v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 11, 2000No. AC 19828PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SPALLONE, J.
The petitioner, Tavares Cosby, appeals from the habeas court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.2 The petitioner claims that the court improperly denied his petition when it concluded that the petitioner was not deprived of his fundamental *259constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. We affirm the judgment of the court.
The following procedural history is relevant to the disposition of this appeal. After a jury trial, the petitioner was found guilty of the crime of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lozada v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Phillips v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. SilvaConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Ramos v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. DrakefordConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Rivera v. Warden, No. 560219 (Nov. 19, 2002)Connecticut Superior Court · 2002