Legal Opinion
Porter v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 13, 2010No. AC 29936PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROBINSON, J.
The petitioner, Kenneth B. Porter, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Following the court’s denial of his petition for certification to appeal, the petitioner appealed, claiming that the court (1) abused its discretion by denying his petition for certification to appeal and (2) improperly concluded that he was not denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. We dismiss the appeal.
The following facts, which the jury reasonably could have found at the petitioner’s criminal trial, are relevant to the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. GethersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Elsey v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Greene v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- State v. WeathersConnecticut Appellate Court · 2019
- Porter v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010