Lopez v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

GRUENDEL, J.

The petitioner, Gilberto Lopez, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that the court improperly concluded that he had not established that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.

This case arises from the petitioner’s encounter with a minor child in 2003. As recounted by our Supreme Court in the petitioner’s direct appeal, “[o]n or about June 3, 2003, the victim, an eight year old girl, rode around the block for about ten minutes in the…