VELASCO v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Nos. 30405, 30814.

987 A.2d 1031 (2010)

119 Conn.App. 164

Victor Jose VELASCO v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa J. Steele, special public defender, for the appellant (petitioner).

Frederick W. Fawcett, special assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John C. Smriga, state's attorney, and Gerard P. Eisenman, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

FLYNN, C.J., and LAVINE and WEST, Js.


LAVINE, J.

The petitioner, Victor Jose Velasco, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court, Schuman, J., denying his second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The habeas court granted the petition for certification to appeal. The petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that he failed to prove that trial counsel (1) was ineffective because he failed to argue...

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