GOULD v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Nos. 18732, 18733.

22 A.3d 1196 (2011)

301 Conn. 544

George M. GOULD v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION. Ronald Taylor v. Commissioner of Correction.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. O'Hare , supervisory assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Michael Dearington , state's attorney, John Waddock , senior assistant state's attorney, and James G. Clark , former senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (respondent in both cases).

Joseph Visone and Peter Tsimbidaros , for the appellees (petitioner in each case).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


EVELEIGH, J.

In Summerville v. Warden, 229 Conn. 397, 421, 641 A.2d 1356 (1994), this court held that a petitioner may seek a new trial pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus on the basis of a substantial claim of actual innocence unaccompanied by an antecedent showing of a constitutional violation that affected the fairness of the petitioner's criminal trial.1 The necessity for delineating

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