Legal Opinion
Lapointe v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 22, 2002No. AC 21249PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’CONNELL, J.
The petitioner, Richard A. Lapointe, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that the habeas court improperly (1) denied his multiple motions to open the evidentiary portion of the habeas hearing, (2) failed to grant him a new trial because of ineffective assistance of habeas counsel and (3) failed to rule on his posttrial motion for disclosure. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.
Following a jury trial, the petitioner was found guilty of capital felony, arson murder, felony murder, murder, arson in the first degree, assault…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lozada v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Phillips v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. McKnightSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Morgan v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- LAPOINTE v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- Sadler v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- Gibson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
- Martinez v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
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