Grant v. Commissioner of Correction

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of habeas relief, concluding that the petitioner's autonomy claim failed because he did not expressly object to counsel's strategy of conceding that he had fired the shots and lacked an intent to commit murder. The court also declined to review the petitioner's separate ineffective-assistance argument concerning counsel's explanation of recklessness and self-defense because that theory was not raised in the habeas court. The court did not decide whether the autonomy rule applies retroactively or whether counsel's concession of a lesser offense independently violated the right to effective assistance.