SHABAZZ v. STATE

(SC 16523)

259 Conn. 811 (2002)

ABDULLAH SHABAZZ v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released March 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Gallagher, with whom was David C. McCarry, for the appellant (petitioner).

Robert J. Scheinblum, assistant state's attorney, with whom were Denise B. Smoker, assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, Michael Dearington, state's attorney, and Mary Elizabeth Baran, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

Borden, Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js.


Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal1 is whether the trial court, in deciding this petition for a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence, properly engaged in a credibility assessment of the proffered newly discovered evidence in order to determine whether it was likely to produce a different result in the event of a new trial. The petitioner, Abdullah Shabazz, appeals from the trial court...

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