AC36936 - David P. v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; claim of ineffective assistance; "Specifically, the petitioner claimed that his first habeas counsel was ineffective because he failed to investigate and raise claims that criminal trial counsel provided ineffective assistance when he (1) failed to offer witnesses who would have supported a defense theory that the investigation violated best practices, consistent with the interviewers' exerting social pressure and influence on the victims; and (2) mischaracterized testimony of the underlying allegations and elicited additional allegations. The petitioner further claims that the habeas court erred by overruling the petitioner's objection, raised during the habeas trial, to testimony regarding statements made by one of the child victims … Department of Children and Families (department), because the statements were hearsay and not within any exception. We disagree that habeas counsel in the petitioner's first habeas trial rendered ineffective assistance. Although we agree with the petitioner that Gambardella's testimony was hearsay not within any exception, we conclude that its admission was harmless error. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.")

AC37189 - Placide v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; "On appeal, he claims that the habeas court (1) improperly rejected his claim that his right to due process under the federal and state constitutions was violated because his decision to enter two guilty pleas was not made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily, and (2) erred in denying his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.")

AC37679 - Apodaca v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; "The petitioner claims that the habeas court erred in concluding that he failed to prove ineffective assistance of his trial counsel because of counsel's failure to call a potential defense witness. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.")

AC38112 - Baldwin v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; "On appeal, the respondent claims that the court erred in (1) applying a heightened and improper standard of proof to determine that a prison disciplinary hearing officer's decision was constitutionally insufficient, and (2) looking to evidence beyond the scope of what was presented at the prison disciplinary hearing. We agree that the habeas court applied a heightened and improper standard of proof, and therefore, reverse the judgment of the habeas court.")

AC37861 - Cornelius v. Commissioner of Correction (Habeas; "The petitioner…appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he alleged that the respondent, the Commissioner of Correction, improperly rescinded risk reduction earned credits (RREC) that he had accumulated while he was incarcerated, on the basis of his alleged affiliation with a security risk group (SRG), namely, the Aryan Brotherhood. The respondent argues that the petitioner's claim is moot because he has completed his state sentence, and thus that there is no practical relief that this court can afford him. We agree with the respondent that the petitioner's claim is moot, and thus we dismiss the petitioner's appeal.")

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