Legal Opinion
Cole v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 17, 2007No. AC 27227; AC 27228PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
2Per curiam
These two appeals require us to examine the habeas court’s determinations regarding the effectiveness of trial counsel in failing to request certain presentence credit for the petitioner, Gordon Cole. The petitioner turned himself in to authorities in Alabama after he learned that Connecticut had issued a warrant for his arrest. Before he was returned to Connecticut for arraignment, he was incarcerated in Alabama for *596forty-five days.1 After the petitioner pleaded guilty and was sentenced, he filed an amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he alleged that (1) he was…
3Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Toccaline v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- Holley v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Toccaline v. Lantz, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of CorrectionSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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4Cited by2 opinions
- Ampero v. Comm'r of Corr.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- Cole v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007