Michael T. v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

SHELDON, J.

The respondent, the commissioner of correction, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court granting, in part, the amended petition of the petitioner, Michael T., for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his trial counsel had rendered ineffective assistance by failing, inter alia, to present expert testimony to challenge the state’s presentation of incriminatory expert evidence on psychological issues relating *47to the child victim’s credibility.1 The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the failure of the petitioner’s trial counsel to present expert evidence on…