McCown v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Larry McCown, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly failed to conclude that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel, under the totality of the circumstances, by (1) failing to ensure that the petitioner’s witness at a suppression hearing obeyed a sequestration order, (2) entering into a stipulation without his knowledge concerning General Statutes (Rev. to 1993) § 29-38, (3) failing to object to an erroneous instruction by the trial…