HARRIS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 30040.

994 A.2d 685 (2010)

121 Conn.App. 240

Troy HARRIS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Temmy Ann Pieszak, chief of habeas corpus services, New Haven, filed a brief for the appellant (petitioner).

John A. Connelly, state's attorney, Harry Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, and John J. Davenport, supervisory assistant state's attorney, filed a brief for the appellee (respondent).

HARPER, LAVINE and BEACH, Js.


BEACH, J.

The petitioner, Troy Harris, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the court improperly (1) relied on a presumption of attorney competence, (2) defined the concept of exculpatory evidence and (3) failed to address trial counsel's decision not to call alibi witnesses at the criminal trial on account...

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