Taylor v. Commissioner of Correction

**633 In this certified appeal, the petitioner, Devon Taylor, appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the denial of his amended writ of habeas corpus. See Taylor v. Commissioner of Correction , 154 Conn.App. 686 , 688-89, 108 A.3d 238 (2015). On appeal, the petitioner claims that the Appellate Court incorrectly concluded that he had failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that the deficient performance of his trial counsel, Kenneth Simon, in responding to the trial court's treatment of a jury note had prejudiced the petitioner. Id., at 721, 108 A.3d 238 . We disagree…