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Habeas Appellate Court Opinions

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC41622 - Michael D. v. Commissioner of Correction (Claim of ineffective assistance of counsel: claim of failure to “(1) to ensure that a pornographic magazine was not admitted into evidence by ensuring that the trial court conduct an in camera review of the magazine and (2) to request a specific unanimity instruction. We disagree and affirm the judgment of the habeas court”).

AC42058 - Cunningham v. Commissioner of Correction (Denial of amended petition; “The petitioner claims that the court improperly rejected his claims that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by (1) failing to conduct an adequate pretrial investigation into the petitioner’s theory of self-defense, and (2) referring to the petitioner as a ‘bully’ during closing argument. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court”).