Ziel v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Martin Ziel, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that he failed to prove his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Specifically, he claims that his trial counsel should have exercised peremptory challenges to excuse two potentially biased jurors. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.

We take the factual background of this case from the petitioner’s direct appeal, State v. Ziel, 197 Conn. 60, 495 A.2d 1050 (1985): “In May,…