O'Neil v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Caesar O’Neil, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus following its denial of his petition for certification to appeal. The petitioner claims that the court improperly rejected his claim that his trial counsel had provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to object to certain hearsay testimony related to the pretrial identification of the petitioner as the perpetrator of the alleged crimes.1 Prior to oral argument before this court, we ordered the petitioner to file a supplemental brief…