AC46744 - Lopez v. Commissioner of Correction (Ineffective assistance of counsel; remand order; reasonable probability that testimony exculpating the petitioner would have been credited by the jury; “Accordingly, in light of our analysis in Lopez and the habeas court’s April 11, 2025 memorandum of decision, we conclude that the petitioner has met his burden of establishing that Carty rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to investigate the testimony of Lopez III and that the habeas court erred in rejecting that claim.

The judgment of the habeas court is reversed and the case is remanded with direction to grant the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, to vacate the petitioner’s conviction of murder, and to order a new trial.”)