Rivera v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The petitioner, Norberto Rivera, appeals from the habeas court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which he based on his claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel and actual innocence. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court improperly (1) found that his trial counsel’s failure to impeach the testimony of Javier Mautino, one of the two victims in the incident that led to the petitioner’s conviction, did not constitute ineffective assistance under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S. Ct. 2052, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1984), and (2)…