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******************************************************CARL DELVECCHIO v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION (AC 34851)
Alvord, Bear and Schaller, Js. Argued December 5, 2013—officially released April 15, 2014 (Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of

Tolland, Cobb, J.) Mary H. Trainer, assigned counsel, for the appellant (petitioner).
DavidJ. Smith, seniorassistantstate’sattorney, with whom, onthe brief, wasMichaelL. Regan, state’s attorney, for the appellee (respondent).Opinion PER CURIAM. The petitioner, Carl Delvecchio, appeals from thejudgment ofthe habeas court denying his second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas courtimproperly determinedthathe wasprovidedwith effective assistance ofcounsel. We affirmthejudgment of the habeas court.
The habeas courtmade the following findings offact. In March, 2006, a string of armed robberies occurred
over the course of a single evening in Norwich and Montville. Witnesses to the robberies described to the police what the assailants looked like, what they were wearing, andwhatvehicletheywere driving. Thepolice later stopped a vehicle occupied by two individuals matching the witnesses’ descriptions. During the stop, the police conducted a ‘‘drive-by show-up’’ identification procedure.1 After the witnesses identified the petitioner as one ofthe assailants, the police arrested him. The petitioner was charged in four separate informations with robbery in the first degree in violation of GeneralStatutes § 53a-134, larcenyintheseconddegree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-123, possession of a firearm without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35a, and criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-217. In three of the four informations, he was charged with attempt to commit robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-134. In addition, he was charged with violation of probation.2 Shortly after his arrest, the petitioner’s family hired Attorney Robert Cary to represent the petitioner. Cary, who hadrepresentedthepetitionerinpreviousmatters,
was in possession of the petitioner’s mental health records and was familiar with the petitioner’s mental health history. Consequently, at the petitioner’s first court appearance, Cary informed the court ofthe petitioner’s mental health history and prescription medications, andaskedthatthepetitionerbeplacedon suicide watch. Throughout the pretrial proceedings, Cary routinely checked the state’s file in lieu ofaformal discovery request.3
The state initially offered the petitioner a plea agreement of nine years imprisonment followed by six years special parole. The petitioner rejected this offer and his case was placed on the trial list. At a pretrial conference, the trial court informed Cary that the petitioner should expect to receive the maximum sentence if convicted. Cary, in turn, explained the trial court’s position on sentencing to the petitioner, and the petitioner expressed concern to Cary over the possibility of a harsh sentence if convicted. Thereafter, shortly before trial, the court offered to resolve all ofthe petitioner’s charges in exchange for asentence oftenyearsimprisonment followed by five years special parole. Cary then discussed the offer, as well as the risk of going to trial and facing a harsher sentence, with the petitioner. He explained to the petitioner that the state could establish a violation of probation, resulting in approximately four and one-half years imprisonment. In addition, he explained the state’s evidence regarding the other charges to the petitioner, which included the testimony ofat least one victim who could identify the petitioner, the presence of the victim’s identification card in the petitioner’s vehicle when he was arrested, and the testimony ofthe petitioner’s codefendant. Cary thoughtthe court’s offer, underthe circumstances, was
a good one. He urged the petitioner to accept it. The petitioner decided to accept the court’s offer.
The petitioner subsequently pleaded guilty to two counts ofrobbery in the first degree and admitted to a violationofprobation.4Carybelievedthatthepetitioner
was coherent and capable of making the decision to plead guilty. The court conducted a thorough plea canvass, informing the petitioner that ifhe were convicted
onthe robberycharges alone, he facedup to fortyyears imprisonment, inadditiontothefourandone-halfyears imprisonment for violation of probation. In addition, the court inquired whether the petitioner understood that by pleading guilty, he was waiving his right to a trial. The petitioner stated that he understood. After the court accepted the pleas, however, the petitioner requested to address the court. After the court granted his request, the petitioner denied committing the robberies. The court then ordered a recess, during which the petitioner consulted with Cary. Following the recess, the court explained to the petitioner that if he denied committing the crimes but believed the state had enough evidence to convict him, he could plead guilty pursuant to the Alford doctrine.5 The petitioner indicated that he wanted to do so. The court then ordered that the plea canvass would stand and that bothpleas wouldbe changed toAlfordpleas. The court set sentencing for a later date.
Before the sentencing hearing, Cary withdrew as the petitioner’s counsel. The court appointed Attorney Gregg W. Wagman to represent the petitioner. Wagman subsequently filed a motion to vacate the petitioner’s pleas, but did not request an evidentiary hearing in connection with the motion. Thereafter, atthe sentencinghearing, the courtdeniedthemotion. The courtthen sentenced the petitioner to ten years of imprisonment, followedbyfive years ofspecialparole, andterminated the petitioner’s probation pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement. The petitioner subsequently appealed his conviction to this court. During the pendency ofthe appeal, the petitioner’s appellate counsel filed amotion to withdraw as counsel on the ground that the appeal
was frivolous. The trial court granted appellate counsel’s motion to withdraw, and this court subsequentlydisposed of the petitioner’s appeal on its own motion.
On August 18, 2011, the petitioner filed a second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that Cary and Wagman rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in a variety of ways. Following a trial, the habeas court rejected the claims of ineffective assistance and denied the petition.6 The petitionerthen filed
apetitionfor certificationto appealto this court, which the habeas court granted. This appeal followed.
The applicable standard of review and principles of law governing claims ofineffective assistance of counsel arewell settled. ‘‘Thehabeas courtis affordedbroad discretioninmaking its factualfindings, andthose findingswillnotbe disturbedunlesstheyare clearlyerroneous.

. . . The application of the habeas court’s factual findings to the pertinent legal standard, however, presents amixed question oflaw and fact, whichis subject to plenary review.’’ (Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Gaines v. Commissioner ofCorrection, 306 Conn. 664, 677, 51 A.3d 948 (2012). ‘‘Furthermore, it is well established that [a] criminal defendant is constitutionally entitled to adequate and effective assistance of counsel at all critical stages of criminal proceedings. Strickland v. Washington [466 U.S. 668, 686, 104 S. Ct. 2052, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1984)]. This right arises underthe sixth and fourteenth amendments to the United States constitution and article first, § 8, of the Connecticut constitution.

. . . As enunciated inStricklandv. Washington, supra, 687, this court has stated: It is axiomatic that the right to counsel is the right to the effective assistance of counsel.

. . . A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel consists of two components: aperformance prong and aprejudice prong.

. . . The claim will succeed only ifboth prongs
are satisfied.’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Gaines v. Commissioner of Correction, supra, 306 Conn. 677–78.
‘‘In its analysis, a reviewing court may look to the performance prong or to the prejudice prong, and the petitioner’s failure to prove either is fatal to a habeas petition.’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Davis v. Commissioner ofCorrection, 147 Conn. App. 343, 349, 81 A.3d 1226 (2013), cert. granted, 311 Conn. 921, A.3d (2014). ‘‘Theprejudice inquiryin claims arising from counsel’s advice during the plea process differs from the analysis of claims following conviction after trial.’’7 Carraway v. Commissioner ofCorrection, 144 Conn. App. 461, 472, 72 A.3d 426 (2013). InHillv. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 106 S. Ct. 366, 88 L. Ed. 2d. 203 (1985), the Supreme Court of the United States ‘‘articulated

a modified prejudice standard for cases in which the conviction has resulted from a guilty plea.’’ Copas v. Commissioner of Correction, 234 Conn. 139, 151, 662 A.2d 718 (1995). In order to establish prejudice in such cases, the petitioner must demonstrate ‘‘that there is areasonable probability that, but for counsel’s errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted
on going to trial.’’8 Hill v. Lockhart, supra, 59.
In the present case, the habeas court concluded that
even if counsels’ performance was deficient, the petitioner still would have pleaded guilty. This conclusion is premised on the court’s finding that the petitioner opted to plead guilty precisely because he was concerned that a trial would result in his conviction and a harsher sentence than the plea offer. Our review of the record indicates that the primary source of the petitioner’s concern that his trial would result in a conviction was the potential testimony ofhis codefendant. Contrary to the petitioner’s argument, both Cary and Wagman independently confirmed that the petitioner’s codefendant would have testified against him if the petitioner’s case went to trial. Moreover, Cary testified at the habeas trial that the petitioner repeatedly expressedthat he had ‘‘huge concerns aboutbeing convicted’’ and that his codefendant was going to ‘‘hang’’ him. Before pleading guilty, the petitioner was aware of the trial court’s position on sentencing if he were convicted following a trial, he had ‘‘little doubt’’ that his codefendant was going to testify against him, and, in light of his codefendant’s potential testimony, he indicated to his attorney that he did not want to ‘‘roll the dice’’ by going to trial. In addition, during his plea canvass, the petitioner indicated to the court that he ‘‘didn’t want to take the risk oftrial’’ precisely because he believed that the state had enough evidence to convict him.
On the basis of the foregoing, the habeas court reasonably concluded that the petitioner’s decision to pleadguiltyaroseprimarilyfromhisunderstandingthat the testimony of his codefendant would result in his conviction if he went to trial. When coupled with his
awareness that he would face the maximum sentence if convicted, the court properly found that it was not reasonably probable that the petitioner would have insisted on going to trial. We note, however, that under the Strickland

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Hill modified prejudice standard, ‘‘[t]he fundamental question

. . . is whether the petitioner would not have pleaded guilty.’’ Carrawayv. CommissionerofCorrection, supra, 144 Conn. App. 477 (2013). Because none of counsels’ alleged errors would have affectedthereasonforthepetitioner’s decisiontoplead guilty, namely, that his codefendant would testify against him if he went to trial, we conclude that the petitioner has failed to demonstrate that, absent counsels’ alleged errors, there is areasonable probability he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted
on going to trial.
The judgment is affirmed.

1 ‘‘A ‘show-up’ is the presentation ofa single suspect to an eyewitness for possible identification.’’ Statev. Ledbetter, 275 Conn. 534, 549 n.12, 881 A.2d 290 (2005), cert. denied, 547 U.S. 1082, 126 S. Ct. 1798, 164 L. Ed. 2d 537(2006). The ‘‘drive-by show-up’’ identification procedure employed in the present case involved the police transporting the witnesses to the scene of the stop to either identify the individuals as the assailants or eliminate them

as suspects in the robberies.

2 As a result of a previous conviction, the petitioner was on probation when he was arrested in March, 2006.

3 At the time ofthe pretrial proceedings, the New London state attorney’s office had an ‘‘open file policy.’’

4 Pursuantto thepleaagreement, the state droppedthe remaining charges against the petitioner.

5 See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37, 91 S. Ct. 160, 27 L. Ed. 2d 162 (1970).

6 The habeas court rejected the petitioner’s claim that his guilty pleas

were ‘‘obtained in violation of his state and federal constitutional rights to due process of law.’’ Notwithstanding the rejection of this claim, both the court and the record indicate that the petitioner withdrew his due process claim at the habeas trial. Whether the claim was withdrawn or rejected, the petitioner has not raised a due process claim on appeal.

7 To demonstrate prejudice following a conviction after trial, ‘‘the petitionermustshowthatthereis areasonableprobabilitythat, butforcounsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.’’ Gaines v. Commissioner ofCorrection, supra, 306 Conn. 688–89.

8 We note that in Copas v. Commissioner, supra, 234 Conn. 151, our Supreme Court determined that, to establish prejudice, a petitioner who has enteredapleaofguiltymust showthathe orshewouldnothavepleaded guilty and would likely have been successful at trial. By contrast, in an appeal currently pending in our Supreme Court, both the petitioner and the respondent, the CommissionerofCorrection, maintainthatapetitionermust show only that, but for counsel’s deficient performance, he or she would nothavepleaded guiltyandwouldhave insisted on goingto trial. SeeBrown

v. Commissioner of Correction, Docket No. SC 18859.