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Habeas Appellate Court Opinions

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC46768 - Wright v. Commissioner of Correction (“On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court erred by (1) rejecting his claim that he was deprived of his right to the effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel allegedly advised him to flee the state during trial, (2) precluding him from testifying as to the substance of that alleged advice, (3) failing to consider certain evidence relevant to his claim that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in connection with his handling of the trial, (4) failing to address whether trial counsel’s alleged concealment from the trial court of his role in the petitioner’s decision to flee constituted ineffective assistance of counsel and/or a conflict of interest, and (5) failing to address whether he was deprived of his right to the effective assistance of counsel at sentencing. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.”)

AC47267 - Nealy v. Commissioner of Correction (“On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court (1) abused its discretion by denying the petitioner’s petition for certification to appeal the habeas court’s decision and (2) improperly denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of criminal trial counsel. We conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying the petition for certification to appeal and, accordingly, dismiss the petitioner’s appeal.”)