Brown v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

SHELDON, J.

The petitioner, Judson Brown, appeals from the denial of his second postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the legality of his 1998 convictions for arson in the first degree and conspiracy to commit arson in the first degree. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the second habeas court improperly rejected his claim that counsel in his first postconviction habeas corpus proceeding rendered ineffective assistance, based on her failure to raise certain claims on his behalf in that proceeding. The court ruled that counsel in the first habeas proceeding…