Case Name: Napier Talton v. Warden, State Prison
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1994-01-13
Citations: 228 Conn. 919
Docket Number: SC 14874
Parties: Napier Talton v. Warden, State Prison
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 919–919

Head Matter:
Napier Talton v. Warden, State Prison
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 14874.
Decided January 13, 1994
James Moreno, special public defender, in support of the petition.
John A. East III, deputy assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.

Opinion:
The petitioner Napier Talton's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 33 Conn. App. 171 (AC 11055), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that, based on the record of the habeas proceeding, the habeas court properly determined that the recantation testimony of the victim-witness was not credible?
"2. If the recantation testimony of the victim-witness was not credible, did the Appellate Court properly decline to find that the appellant's due process rights were violated?
"3. Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the appellant failed to establish that he was fatally prejudiced by his trial counsel's arguably deficient performance and therefore that he was not denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel?"