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Habeas Appellate Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC45132 - Foster v. Commissioner of Correction (“On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court incorrectly concluded that his trial counsel did not provide ineffective assistance by failing (1) to advise the petitioner to reject the plea offer because it was effectively a life sentence, (2) to advise the petitioner to reject the plea offer because he would lose his right to appeal the trial court’s determination that the petitioner was competent to stand trial, and (3) to preserve the petitioner’s right to appeal from the trial court’s determination that the petitioner was competent to stand trial. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.”)