Legal Opinion

Lee v. Commissioner of Correction

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided May 23, 2017No. AC38417PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtBlue, J.

The petitioner, Dean S. Lee, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court (1) abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal and (2) improperly denied his ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on trial counsel's asserted failure to request certain pretrial bond increases. Because the petitioner did not demonstrate that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying the petition for certification to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  3. Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  4. Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  5. Rivera v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lee v. Comm'r of Corr.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2017

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