WILLIAMS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 26893.

917 A.2d 555 (2007)

100 Conn.App. 94

Christopher WILLIAMS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronica M. Tomasic, special public defender, for the appellant (petitioner).

Mitchell S. Brody, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Michael Dearington, state's attorney, and Linda N. Howe, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

McLACHLAN, LAVINE and MIHALAKOS, Js.


MCLACHLAN, J.

This appeal concerns the distinction between the due diligence prong in a petition for a new trial pursuant to General Statutes § 52-2701 made on the basis of newly discovered evidence and the performance prong of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, Christopher Williams, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas...

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