Mukhtaar v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Abdul Mukhtaar, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We dismiss the petitioner’s appeal.

The petitioner was involved in a shooting incident on February 14, 1996. He thereafter was charged and, following a jury trial, convicted of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The trial court sentenced the petitioner to a total effective term of fifty years incarceration. The petitioner appealed directly from that judgment of conviction,…