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.")