State v. Davis

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. BROCK DAVIS (SC 20335) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js. Syllabus Convicted of the crime of murder in connection with the stabbing death of the victim, the defendant appealed to this court, claiming, inter alia, that the trial court had violated his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel by failing to conduct any inquiry into defense counsel’s alleged conflict of interest arising from counsel’s prior repre- sentation of the victim’s son, D. On appeal, this court agreed with the defendant that the trial…