Legal Opinion

Talton v. Commissioner of Correction

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided July 3, 2025No. 3:22-cv-00384Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LEONARD R. TALTON, Petitioner, No. 3:22-cv-384 (VAB) v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, Respondent. RULING AND ORDER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Leonard Talton (“Petitioner”), tried and convicted of murder and other crimes in a Connecticut state court, is now serving his 60-year prison sentence. He has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction on four grounds. For the following reasons, the petition for writ of habeas corpus is DENIED. I. BACKGROUND Mr. Talton’s conviction arose from…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  4. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Mayle v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 2005

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