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GAINES v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 18760.

51 A.3d 948 (2012)

306 Conn. 664

Norman GAINES v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Sugrue , assistant state's attorney, with whom were C. Robert Satti, Jr. , supervisory assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, John C. Smriga , state's attorney, and Gerard P. Eisenman , senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (respondent).

James B. Streeto , assistant public defender, for the appellee (petitioner).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.

NORCOTT, J.

The respondent, the commissioner of correction, appeals, following our grant of his petition for certification,1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the habeas court's granting of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner, Norman Gaines, on the basis that his trial attorney, Alexander Schwartz, had rendered ineffective assistance of counsel. Gaines v. Commissioner of Correction,...

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