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Habeas Appellate Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC46675 - Martinez v. Commissioner of Correction (“As acknowledged by the petitioner’s counsel during oral argument before this court, the petitioner’s appeal exclusively challenges the habeas court’s credibility determinations concerning the testimony during the habeas trial given by Attorney Jerome Larracuente and the petitioner. However, a habeas court’s ‘pure credibility determination . . . is unassailable.’ Breton v. Commissioner of Correction, 325 Conn. 640, 694, 159 A.3d 1112 (2017); see also Sanchez v. Commissioner of Correction, 314 Conn. 585, 604, 103 A.3d 954 (2014) (‘we must defer to the [trier of fact’s] assessment of the credibility of the witnesses based on its firsthand observation of their conduct, demeanor and attitude’ (internal quotation marks omitted)). Accordingly, we dismiss the petitioner’s appeal.”)