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JENKINS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

(AC 17883)

52 Conn. App. 385 (1999)

KEITH JENKINS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Officially released March 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo Anne Sulik, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, Christopher L. Morano, deputy chief state's attorney, and John J. Dropick, former senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (respondent).

Elizabeth M. Inkster, assistant public defender, for the appellee (petitioner).

Schaller, Hennessy and Sullivan, Js.

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The respondent commissioner of correction appeals from the judgment of the habeas court granting the petitioner's amended petition for habeas corpus, which was based on a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The respondent claims on appeal that the habeas court improperly (1) applied the Strickland1 presumption that counsel's acts and omissions constitute reasonable tactical decisions...

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