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Habeas Appellate Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC46251 - Taft v. Commissioner of Correction (Ineffective assistance of counsel; “On appeal, the respondent claims that the habeas court improperly granted the petitioner’s second amended habeas petition because the petitioner failed to demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the alleged ineffective assistance of his first habeas counsel. We agree with the respondent and reverse the judgment of the court.”)

AC45797 - Johnson v. Commissioner of Correction (Ineffective assistance of counsel; On appeal, he claims that the court improperly concluded that his criminal trial counsel were not ineffective in (1) advising him to plead guilty, (2) failing to raise a diminished capacity defense, (3) failing to raise the issue of his competency at two different proceedings, and (4) advising him that the court would not accept his guilty plea after the issue of his competency had been raised at that same proceeding. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the habeas court.”)

AC46262 - Ibrahim v. Commissioner of Correction (“On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court erred in concluding that he failed to establish good cause for his late filed petition. In particular, the petitioner argues that evidence of his prior habeas counsel’s failure to advise him of the statutory deadline for filing a new habeas petition following the withdrawal of his then pending petition alleging a double jeopardy violation would establish ineffective assistance of counsel, which constitutes good cause for the delay in filing. In light of our Supreme Court’s recent decision in Rose v. Commissioner of Correction, 348 Conn. 333, 304 A.3d 431 (2023), and this court’s subsequent decisions in Coney v. Commissioner of Correction, 225 Conn. App. 450, 315 A.3d 1161 (2024), Michael G. v. Commissioner of Correction, 225 Conn. App. 341, 314 A.3d 659 (2024), Rapp v. Commissioner of Correction, 224 Conn. App. 336, 311 A.3d 249, cert. denied, 349 Conn. 909, 314 A.3d 601 (2024), and Hankerson v. Commissioner of Correction, 223 Conn. App. 562, 308 A.3d 1113 (2024), we conclude that the judgment of the habeas court must be reversed and the case remanded for a new good cause hearing.”)