STEVENS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 27924.

963 A.2d 62 (2009)

112 Conn.App. 385

Curtis STEVENS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Temmy Ann Pieszak, chief of habeas corpus services, for the appellant (petitioner).

Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Gail P. Hardy, state's attorney, and Chris A. Pelosi, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

DiPENTIMA, McLACHLAN and FOTI, Js.


DiPENTIMA, J.

In this appeal from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner, Curtis Stevens, claims that the habeas court improperly concluded that he was not deprived of effective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.

On June 28, 1989, the petitioner pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine1 to one count of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes...

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