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Habeas Appellate Court Opinions

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC37939 - Tutson v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; "The petitioner claims that the second habeas court erred by (1) concluding that there was no reasonable probability that the result of the habeas appeal from the first habeas court’s denial of his petition for certification to appeal would have been different and (2) declining to presume that the petitioner was prejudiced by his prior habeas appellate counsel’s failures to raise an issue on his petition for certification to appeal from the first habeas court’s ruling. We affirm the judgment of the second habeas court.")

AC36974- Dumas v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; " The petitioner, Nyron Dumas, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing in part and denying in part his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying his petition for certification to appeal and, as to the merits, improperly denied a count of his habeas petition for failure of proof. We disagree with the petitioner and agree with the result reached by the habeas court, but on an alternative ground.")