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Juvenile Law Appellate Court Slip Opinion

by Greenlee, Rebecca

 

AC 47376 - In re Juliany T. ("The respondent father, Julio T., appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered in favor of the petitioner, the Commissioner of Children and Families, terminating his parental rights with respect to his minor child, Juliany. The respondent raises three claims on appeal, each of which emanates from his contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial, in violation of his due process rights under the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution and article first, § 10, of the Connecticut constitution. First, he claims that his counsel’s allegedly deficient performance ‘‘was of such magnitude that it created structural error as set forth in United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648, 104 S. Ct. 2039, 80 L. Ed. 2d 657 (1984),’’ and is therefore per se reversible error. Second, he claims that he has a due process right to a hybrid habeas fact-finding proceeding in the trial court to further develop the record as to his ineffective assistance of counsel claim because ‘‘the procedures available to him to vindicate his right to effective assistance of counsel are inadequate.’’ He further claims that, if he does not have a due process right to a hybrid habeas factfinding proceeding, this court should exercise its supervisory authority to create one. We affirm the judgment of the trial court and decline the respondent’s request that we exercise our supervisory authority.")