Griffin v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

MIHALAKOS, J.

The petitioner, Vincent J. Griffin, appeals following the habeas court’s granting of his petition for certification to appeal from its judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court improperly rejected his claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Specifically, he asserts that his trial counsel, attorney Leonard Caine, rendered ineffective assistance because he: (1) failed to object to inadmissible hearsay testimony offered by two of the state’s witnesses; (2) entered the victim’s written statement…