Clarke v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

BORDEN, J.

In this case, we granted certification to appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court in order to consider the important question of whether a habeas coipus petitioner who claims actual innocence of the crime of which he stands convicted must establish that his claim of innocence is sustained by newly discovered evidence. The Appellate Court had concluded that the petitioner, Winston Clai ke, was required to establish his innocence by such evidence, and that the evidence that he had put forth in support of his claim of innocence did not meet that standard. Clarke v.…