Legal Opinion
Coward v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 2, 2013No. AC 33937PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SHELDON, J.
The petitioner, Anthony Coward, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion in denying his petition for certification to appeal and improperly denied his claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We dismiss the appeal.
The petitioner’s underlying conviction was the subject of a direct appeal to our Supreme Court. State v. Coward, 292 Conn. 296, 972 A.2d 691 (2009). In…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. CowardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- State v. RizzoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- Henderson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Spearman v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Smith v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
- Ortiz v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2022
- Saez v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Linarte v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
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