Opinion
(14409)
Argued April 30, 1996
Officially released June 18, 1996
Amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Tolland and tried to the court, Sferrazza, J.; judgment dismissing the petition; thereafter, the court denied the petition for certification to appeal filed by the petitioner, and the petitioner appealed to this court. Affirmed.
Denise Ansell, special public defender, for the appellant (petitioner).
Marjorie Allen Dauster, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John T. Redway, state's attorney, Bernadette Conway, assistant state's attorney, and Kimberly Graham, former assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).
After a review of the record and briefs, and after hearing from the parties at oral argument, we conclude that the petitioner has failed to make a substantial showing that he has been denied a state or federal constitutional right and, further, has failed to sustain his burden of persuasion that the denial of certification to appeal was a clear abuse of discretion or that an injustice has been done. See Simms v. Warden, 230 Conn. 608, 612, 646 A.2d 126 (1994); Simms v. Warden, 229 Conn. 178, 179, 640 A.2d 601 (1994); Walker v. Commissioner of Correction, 38 Conn. App. 99, 99-100, 659 A.2d 195 (1995); see also Lozada v. Deeds, 498 U.S. 430, 431-32, 111 S.Ct. 860, 112 L.Ed.2d 956 (1991).