Connecticut, April, 2009, State Case law

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State Courts - Connecticut - April 14, 2009

State v. Stephen G., AC 28232, APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, April 14, 2009, Officially Released
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Overview: As the trial court record in defendant's criminal matter did not contain a waiver of his right to a jury trial, a remand for a new trial was mandated; there was sufficient evidence of sexual contact between defendant and the victim to support his sexual assault conviction under Conn. Gen. Stat. ? 53a-72a(a)(1)(a).

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Toles v. Comm'r of Corr., AC 28985, APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, April 14, 2009, Officially Released
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Overview: Even if a court assumed arguendo that counsel's failure to interview potential witnesses failed the performance prong of Strickland, the prisoner failed to show that the potential witnesses would have provided information that would have caused him not to enter the plea. Thus, his petition for a writ of habeas corpus was properly denied.

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Williams v. Comm'r of Corr., AC 28983, APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, April 14, 2009, Officially Released
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Overview: Though transcript of inmate's guilty plea was unavailable, he was not entitled to a new trial, as habeas court did not err in implicitly finding that the record was reconstructed adequately on the basis of the testimony of the prosecutor and inmate's trial counsel and the habeas court's negative credibility determination of the inmate's testimony.

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