Moon v. Commissioner of Correction

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of habeas relief because the petitioner did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that his alleged coconspirator lacked the specific intent necessary to form a conspiracy. The court held that evidence from the alleged coconspirator’s separate criminal trial may be considered in the aggregate in an actual innocence proceeding, but an acquittal based on mental disease or defect does not necessarily establish the absence of criminal intent. The record showed that the alleged coconspirator’s mental impairment could have affected his appreciation of wrongfulness without preventing him from forming specific intent.