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Michelle Troconis files petition for release, claims constitutional violations; contempt case continued

Troconis filed a habeas corpus petition on Sept. 13, which claims her constitutional rights were violated during the Jennifer Dulos investigation in 2019. The filing calls for the judgements against her to be vacated.

connecticut.news12.com

9/16/24

Troconis filed a habeas corpus petition on Sept. 13, which claims her constitutional rights were violated during the Jennifer Dulos investigation in 2019. The filing calls for the judgements against her to be vacated. Troconis has been at York Correctional Institution since March 1, when a jury found her guilty of conspiring with her then-boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, to kill his estranged wife and helping him cover up the crime. Judge Kevin Randolph sentenced Troconis to 14 ½ years in prison.

The habeas petition targets her initial attorney, Andrew Bowman, for alleged “deficient performance and/or incompetent counsel” and then-Stamford State's Attorney Richard Colangelo for allegedly failing to honor an agreement in exchange for Troconis’ cooperation.

Copy of the Troconis petition available at the link above.

 

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https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/jennifer-dulos-michelle-troconis-challenge-trial-20817334.php

8/14/25

Troconis also is appealing her conviction before the state Supreme Court. That appeal is pending.

A 27-page habeas document filed in September contends that attorney Andrew Bowman, who represented Troconis prior to February 2020, never told her about the downside of speaking with investigators who were trying to find Jennifer Dulos, never prepared her for speaking with police, and never asked her whether she had any relevant information for law enforcement.

"There is no basis in fact or law to support this habeas petition," Bowman said Thursday. "I absolutely reject any claims that I did not render effective assistance of counsel."
Attorney Adele Patterson, one of the attorneys representing Troconis in the habeas challenge, said Thursday that "the trial dates are set and we expect to move forward."

The state had contended in its motion filed July 9 to have the case thrown out that Troconis' attorneys continued to include claims that Schuman had ordered removed from the habeas challenge. But Schuman said in his ruling that the claims in question were removed properly and then added to a separate part of the updated habeas document, which was not a violation of his orders issued in April.

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