Legal Opinion
Daniels v. Warden
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 30, 1992No. 9908PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLandau, J.
The petitioner, Melvin Daniels, an inmate at the state correctional institution in Somers, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, he alleged that he was illegally confined for two reasons pertinent to this appeal.1 He claimed that (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that his trial counsel failed both to seek cautionary instructions regarding the identification of the codefendant and to request a new trial, and (2) he was denied a fair trial as a result of his being tried jointly with a codefendant, the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Lorthe v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- Siano v. WardenConnecticut Appellate Court · 1993
- Fitzgerald Council v. Com'r of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Burnham v. Karl & Gelb, P.C.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Bowers v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
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