Richard Reynolds v. Commissioner of Correction.

Summary

The court reversed the habeas judgment as to the petitioner's death sentence because that sentence could no longer stand, and remanded with instructions to impose life imprisonment without the possibility of release. It affirmed the habeas judgment rejecting the petitioner's challenges to the jurisdiction of the criminal trial court, the effectiveness of guilt-phase counsel, and the asserted bar imposed by international law. The court held that the charging information adequately invoked jurisdiction, counsel was not constitutionally ineffective, and the international-law challenge to the conviction was inadequately briefed and waived.