Casiano v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Jason Casiano, appeals following the denial by the habeas court of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the court improperly determined that his trial counsel, Lawrence S. Hopkins, had provided effective assistance. Specifically, the petitioner claims that Hopkins was ineffective by (1) not conducting a pretrial investigation into the petitioner’s education and substance abuse background, (2) failing to have certain witnesses testify at the hearing on a motion to suppress…