Case Name: NORMAN GAINES v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2011-03-16
Citations: 300 Conn. 920
Docket Number: SC 18760
Parties: NORMAN GAINES v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 300
Pages: 920–920

Head Matter:
NORMAN GAINES v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 18760.
C. Robert Satti, Jr., supervisory assistant state’s attorney, and John C. Smriga, state’s attorney, in support of the petition.
James B. Streeto, assistant public defender, in opposition.
Decided March 16, 2011

Opinion:
The respondent's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 125 Conn. App. 97 (AC 30699), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly affirm the judgment of the habeas court determining that the petitioner's trial counsel had rendered ineffective assistance of counsel and was entitled to a new trial because said ineffective assistance was prejudicial to the petitioner?"