Quintana v. Warden

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court granting the petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1987, a jury found the petitioner guilty of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c. We upheld the conviction on appeal. State v. Quintana, 209 Conn. 34, 547 A.2d 534 (1988). The petitioner thereafter filed the present petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus. The habeas court concluded that the petitioner had been denied his right to effective assistance of counsel under the sixth amendment to the United States constitution during the course of his…