SC20075 - Meletrich v. Commissioner of Correction (“The petitioner appeals from the judgment of the Appellate
Court dismissing his appeal from the judgment of the habeas court, which denied
his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that
the Appellate Court incorrectly concluded that the habeas court acted within
its discretion in denying certification to appeal because he established that
his counsel had performed deficiently by failing to call a second alibi witness
and, further, that had that witness testified, there is a reasonable
probability that the outcome of the petitioner’s criminal trial would have been
different. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the Appellate
Court.”)