Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 30, 2013No. AC 33917PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BISHOP, J.
In this certified appeal from the judgment denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner, Stewart Peterson, claims that the court: (1) applied an improper legal standard in assessing the effectiveness of his trial counsel regarding the duty to adequately explain a plea offer from the state; (2) incorrectly assessed the effectiveness of his trial counsel regarding the duty to secure pretrial detention credit with respect to other charges then pending against the petitioner; and (3) improperly decided facts before the close of evidence.1 We affirm the judgment…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Missouri v. FryeSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Oscar Boria v. John Keane, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- E.R. Linde Construction Corp. v. GoodwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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3Cited by5 opinions
- White v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
- Moore v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
- Barlow v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
- Quint v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2022
- Yashenko v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017