Supreme Court of Connecticut

Grant v. Commissioner of Correction

December 27, 2022345 Conn. 683

Summary

The court affirmed denial of habeas relief, holding that the defendant’s autonomy claim was not implicated because he did not expressly object to counsel’s strategy of conceding that he had fired the shots while arguing self-defense or lack of intent to murder. The court declined to review the defendant’s separate ineffective-assistance claim because the argument advanced on appeal was not distinctly presented to the habeas court.