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· 7/7/1981

Siemon v. Stoughton

Citations

  • 184 Conn. 547
  • 440 A.2d 210
  • 1981 Conn. LEXIS 569

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • had counsel taken that steps sought by defendant, they \would not have added anything of substance to the defense\
  • counsel was ineffective for failing to interview witnesses of related incidents presented by investigator
  • counsel was ineffective for failing to interview witnesses of related incidents presented by investigator
  • “inadequate pretrial investigation is sufficient to constitute ineffective assistance of counsel”

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Judges: Bogdanski, Peters, Healey, Armenian, Wright

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