Lewis v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

In this uncertified appeal, the pro se petitioner, Scott Lewis, seeks reversal of the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that the court acted improperly (1) in concluding that the testimony of Michael Sweeney, a police detective, did not constitute newly discovered evidence and (2) in failing to draw an adverse inference against the respondent commissioner of correction when Ovil Ruiz, a witness at the habeas trial, invoked his fifth amendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination.

The record discloses that the…