Morales v. Comm'r of Corr.

7 Citing cases

  1. Johnson v. Comm'r of Corr.

    AC 45797 (Conn. App. Ct. Dec. 17, 2024)

    Moralesv. Commission of Correction, 220 Conn.App. 285, 305-306, 298 A.3d 636, cert. denied, 348 Conn. 915, 303 A.3d 603 (2023); see also Williams v. Commissioner of Correction, supra, 223 Conn.App. 760-61.

  2. Revels v. Comm'r of Corr.

    AC 46727 (Conn. App. Ct. Dec. 10, 2024)

    (Emphasis in original; internal quotation marks omitted.) Morales v. Commissioner of Correction, 220 Conn.App. 285, 305-306, 298 A.3d 636, cert. denied, 348 Conn. 915, 303 A.3d 603 (2023).

  3. Angel C. v. Comm'r of Corr.

    AC 46052 (Conn. App. Ct. Jul. 23, 2024)

    [A] reviewing court is required not simply to give [the trial attorney] the benefit of the doubt . . . but to affirmatively entertain the range of possible reasons . . . counsel may have had for proceeding as [he] did ....'' (Emphasis in original; internal quotation marks omitted.) Morales v. Commissioner of Correction, 220 Conn.App. 285, 305-306, 298 A.3d 636, cert. denied, 348 Conn. 915, 303 A.3d 603 (2023).

  4. Grant v. Comm'r of Corr.

    225 Conn. App. 55 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024)   Cited 1 times

    (Emphasis omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Morales v. Commissioner of Correc-tion, 220 Conn. App. 285, 305–306, 298 A.3d 636, cert. denied, 348 Conn. 915, 303 A.3d 603 (2023). [16–22] Furthermore, "[t]he right to the effective assistance of counsel applies no less to the investigative stage of a criminal case than it does to the trial phase."

  5. Delgado v. Comm'r of Corr.

    224 Conn. App. 283 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024)   Cited 3 times

    As the habeas court stated, however, the effect of the statement on the defense strategy was to position Graham "literally between Scylla and Charybdis: her closing argument raised self-defense, but she did not want a self-defense instruction; the petitioner’s statement should be disregarded completely by the jury, but it also was necessary to establish self-defense." Although we remain mindful of the fact that the jury was entitled to credit or discredit portions of the petitioner’s statement in consideration of a self-defense claim; see, e.g., Morales v. Commissioner of Correction, 220 Conn. App. 285, 311, 298 A.3d 636 (fact finders are "free to juxtapose conflicting versions of events and determine which is more credible" (internal quotation marks omitted)), cert. denied, 348 Conn. 915, 303 A.3d 603 (2023); the petitioner is required to show that Graham’s decision to decline the instruction "fell below an objective standard of reasonableness as measured by prevailing professional norms" when "considering all of the circumstances …. " (Internal quotation marks omitted.)

  6. Mercer v. Comm'r of Corr.

    222 Conn. App. 713 (Conn. App. Ct. 2023)   Cited 5 times

    (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Morales v. Commissioner of Correction, 220 Conn. App. 285, 304-305, 298 A.3d 636, cert. denied, 348 Conn. 915, 303 A.3d 603 (2023). [5, 6] "It is axiomatic that courts may decide against a petitioner on either prong [of the Strickland test], whichever is easier. …

  7. Raynor v. Comm'r of Corr.

    222 Conn. App. 584 (Conn. App. Ct. 2023)   Cited 3 times

    (Emphasis in original; internal quotation marks omitted.) Morales v. Commissioner of Correction, 220 Conn. App. 285, 305–306, 298 A.3d 636, cert. denied, 348 Conn. 915, 303 A.3d 603 (2023). We first address the petitioner’s argument that Conway provided ineffective assistance by not objecting to the admission of the drug evidence.