Newsome v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The petitioner, Shawn Newsome, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his second petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal and that it improperly rejected his claims that the trial court denied him due process of law by improperly admitting into evidence (1) the prior inconsistent statements of a witness as substantive evidence and (2) the prior inconsistent statements as substantive evidence when…