Legal Opinion
Tyson v. Warden
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 4, 1991No. 9285PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeiman, J.
The petitioner appeals from the habeas court’s determination that his confinement is legal and its dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that this judgment is fatally flawed because the habeas court improperly concluded that (1) the petitioner’s Alford1 plea was voluntarily and intelligently made, and (2) the petitioner had not been denied the effective assistance of counsel. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
The facts necessary to the resolution of this appeal may be summarized as follows. The petitioner was charged with the crime of robbery in the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Ostolaza v. WardenConnecticut Appellate Court · 1992
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1995
- Ghant v. CommissionerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- Copeland v. WardenConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- Williams v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
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