Legal Opinion

Tutson v. Commissioner of Correction

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided September 6, 2016No. AC37939PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDiPENTIMA, C.J.

*110 The petitioner, Trendel Tutson, appeals from the judgment of the second habeas court, Oliver, J., denying his second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the second habeas court erred by (1) concluding that there was no reasonable probability that the result of the *111 habeas appeal from the first habeas court's denial of his petition for certification to appeal would have been different and (2) declining to presume that the petitioner was prejudiced by his prior habeas appellate counsel's failures to raise an issue on his petition for certification to appeal…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  4. Small v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  5. Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Figueroa v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2021
  2. Tutson v. Comm'r of Corr.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2016

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