Because we have determined that the habeas court 763properly concluded that the petitioner’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim failed under the performance prong of the Strickland-Hill test, we need not reach the petitioner’s evidentiary claim as it relates to the prejudice prong of that test. See, e.g., Quint v. Commissioner of Correction, 211 Conn. App. 27, 36 n.7, 271 A.3d 681 ("[i]n light of our determination that the petitioner failed to establish that [counsel’s] performance was deficient, we need not address the prejudice prong"), cert. denied, 343 Conn. 922, 275 A.3d 211 (2022); Grover v. Commissioner of Correction, 183 Conn. App. 804, 818 n.7, 194 A.3d 316 ("[w]hen a petitioner has failed to meet the performance prong of Strickland, we need not reach the issue of prejudice" (internal quotation marks omitted)), cert. denied, 330 Conn. 933, 194 A.3d 1196 (2018)
On appeal, we need not address both prongs of the Strickland test if either is dispositive of the petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claim. See Quint v. Commissioner of Correction , 211 Conn. App. 27, 32, 271 A.3d 681, cert. denied, 343 Conn. 922, 275 A.3d 211 (2022). Because we conclude that the petitioner has failed to establish that the habeas court erred in its prejudice determination, we limit our analysis to that prong.
(Internal quotation marks omitted.) Quint v. Commissioner of Correction , 211 Conn. App. 27, 32–33, 271 A.3d 681, cert. denied, 343 Conn. 922, 275 A.3d 211 (2022). With these principles in mind, we address the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in turn.
"In its analysis, a reviewing court may look to the performance prong or the prejudice prong first." Quint v. Commissioner of Correction , 211 Conn. App. 27, 36, 271 A.3d 681, cert. denied, 343 Conn. 922, 275 A.3d 211 (2022). We agree with the habeas court's conclusion.