Legal Opinion
Davis v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 31, 2013No. AC 34360PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
The petitioner, Douglas Davis, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal, and that it improperly rejected his claims that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to (1) investigate the petitioner’s case, (2) adequately advise the petitioner at the pretrial and postplea stages, (3) present mitigating evidence in pretrial negotiations,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Valeriano v. BronsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Smith v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
- Delvecchio v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
- Davis v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2015
- Davis v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2015
- Hilton v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2015
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