Burgos v. Commissioner of Correction

Citations

• 229 Conn. App. 818

Syllabus

The petitioner, who had been convicted of sexual assault in the first degree, risk of injury to a child, aggravated sexual assault of a minor and attempt to escape from custody, appealed, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claimed that the court improperly concluded that he failed to establish that his criminal trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by stipulating to the petitioner's competence to stand trial. Held: Even assuming, without deciding, that it was deficient performance for the petitioner's criminal trial counsel to stipulate to the petitioner's competency under the circumstances presented by this case, the habeas court properly concluded that the petitioner failed to prove that he had been prejudiced thereby. Argued September 16—officially released December 24, 2024