Opinion
01-04-2017
Carvaughn JOHNSON v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
Vishal K. Garg, in support of the petition. James A. Killen, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Vishal K. Garg, in support of the petition.
James A. Killen, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The petitioner Carvaughn Johnson's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 166 Conn.App. 95, 140 A.3d 1087 (2016), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the claim that defense counsel's failure to investigate alibi witnesses was deficient performance was not reviewable because the petitioner failed to adequately raise the claim before the habeas court?
"2. Whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that defense counsel's failure to present an alibi defense was not deficient performance?
"3. Whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the petitioner was not prejudiced by his counsel's failure to present evidence of third party culpability?"