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SHAWN CROCKER v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION (AC 30786)
Bishop, Harper and West, Js. Argued September 22, 2010--officially released January 18, 2011

(Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of Tolland, A. Santos, J.) Mark M. Rembish, special public defender, for the appellant (petitioner). James M. Ralls, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Michael Dearington, state's attorney, and Linda N. Howe, former senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

Opinion

WEST, J. The petitioner, Shawn Crocker, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his third amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, he claims that the court improperly concluded that he had not been denied effective assistance of counsel when his habeas counsel failed: (1) to raise claims of ineffective assistance of his trial and appellate counsel, (2) to raise a claim that the prosecution did not disclose exculpatory evidence, (3) to investigate potentially exculpatory information and (4) to raise a claim that the petitioner's second criminal trial constituted a violation of the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment to the United States constitution.1 We affirm the judgment of the habeas court. The relevant facts and procedural history surrounding the petitioner's conviction were set forth by this court in our decision affirming the denial of his first petition for habeas relief. See Crocker v. Commissioner of Correction, 101 Conn. App. 133, 134

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