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Habeas Appellate Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC46189 - Papantoniou v. Commissioner of Correction (“The court granted the petition after concluding that the petitioner’s sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated due to an undisclosed, actual conflict of interest on the part of his criminal trial counsel, Attorney Glenn Conway. On appeal, the respondent claims that the court (1) erroneously found that Conway simultaneously represented the petitioner and James Samperi, Jr., a witness who testified on behalf of the state, at or near the time of the petitioner’s criminal trial, and (2) improperly concluded that the petitioner had established that Conway was burdened by an actual conflict of interest that adversely affected his representation of the petitioner at the petitioner’s criminal trial. We agree and, accordingly, reverse in part the judgment of the habeas court. See footnote 2 of this opinion.”)