Legal Opinion

Vazquez v. Commissioner of Correction

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided May 10, 2011No. AC 31971PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

The petitioner, Juan Vazquez, 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 habeas court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal and that it erred in (1) denying his motion to order disclosure of the medical records of trial counsel, (2) finding that he had failed to show that trial counsel provided per se ineffective assistance dining jury selection under United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  5. Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2017
  2. Corbett v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
  3. Holloway v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
  4. Coward v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
  5. Mourning v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016

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