AC46542 - Cator v. Commissioner of Correction (“The petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion
by denying him certification to appeal from its judgment (1) dismissing the
first and third counts of his operative petition, which alleged due process
violations and ineffective assistance of trial counsel, respectively; (2)
rejecting his claim that he was improperly excluded from a critical stage of
the proceedings during his criminal trial; (3) concluding that he had failed to
establish that his first habeas counsel rendered ineffective assistance by
failing to plead and prove a Brady claim and that he had been excluded from a
critical stage of his criminal trial; and (4) determining that he had failed to
demonstrate that his second and third habeas counsel were ineffective for
failing to plead and prove the aforementioned ineffectiveness claims against
his first habeas counsel. Although we agree with the petitioner that the habeas
court abused its discretion in denying him certification to appeal, we affirm
the court’s judgment on its merits.”)
AC46727 - Revels v. Commissioner of Correction (“On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court
improperly concluded that his right to the effective assistance of counsel was
not violated when his trial counsel (1) conducted inadequate
cross-examinations, (2) failed to introduce into evidence the petitioner’s cell
phone records, and (3) failed to consult or present experts on false
confessions and crime scene reconstruction. We affirm the judgment of the
habeas court.)