Cabral v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

HARPER, J.

The petitioner, John Cabral, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he alleged that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. The petitioner claims that the court improperly determined that (1) trial counsel’s failure to present testimony from him at a suppression hearing was not prejudicial to him and (2) trial counsel’s failure to object to the admissibility of certain evidence at trial was not an instance of deficient representation. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.

In 2000, a…