Legal Opinion
Porter v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 2, 2007No. AC 26695PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HENNESSY, J.
The petitioner, Kenneth Porter, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court should have granted his petition for certification to appeal because he had received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We dismiss the appeal.
The petitioner’s conviction arose out of the following factual scenario. On December 2,2000, Richard Sutphin, while driving a public utilities truck in Waterbury, was forced to stop the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Lozada v. DeedsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Bunkley v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Crocker v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- Peruccio v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- Ancona v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- Porter v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- Porter v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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