Skakel v. Comm'r of Corr.

The majority concludes that the habeas court properly granted the petition for **222*125a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner, Michael Skakel, because his attorney at his criminal trial, Michael Sherman, provided ineffective assistance of counsel when he failed to follow up on a passing reference to a possible alibi witness by another witness, Georgeann Dowdle, during her grand jury testimony. The majority further concludes that there is a reasonable probability that, if not for this supposed deficient performance, the petitioner would have been acquitted. I agree with and join…