1.   Moreover, our rule avoids the need for judges to read lengthy records to determine prejudice in every habeas case.

2.   Our habeas cases have not so held.

3.   Our habeas cases indicate that upsetting the finality of judgments should be countenanced only in rare instances.

4.   Recent rulings in the U.S. and Connecticut Supreme Courts have opened the way to filing habeas cases solely on the basis of new evidence.