Moody v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The petitioner, Donald Moody, appeals following the habeas court’s granting of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly rejected his claims of (1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel, (2) instructional error at his criminal trial and (3) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in his direct appeal. Each of these claims is predicated on the same underlying claims of instructional error, namely, that the jury instructions improperly (a)…