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SPIVEY v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

(AC 23315).

80 Conn. App. 58 (2003)

SAMUEL L. SPIVEY v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Officially released October 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Dehghani, special public defender, filed a brief for the appellant (petitioner).

Timothy J. Liston, state's attorney, Marjorie Allen Dauster, senior assistant state's attorney, Angela R. Macchiarulo, assistant state's attorney, and Alison Thomas, law student intern, filed a brief for the appellee (respondent).

Schaller, DiPentima and McLachlan, Js.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner, Samuel L. Spivey, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that his trial attorney was not ineffective in choosing not to investigate properly and to advance at trial and at sentencing a defense of drug dependency. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the habeas court...

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