conduct a de novo review of the evidence, as the acquittee requests, when we are faced with the issue of whether the evidence was sufficient to support the court’s decision. We are not in a position to assess the credibility of the witnesses and reweigh the evidence as a de novo review would require. See State v. Fernandez, 254 Conn. 637, 647-48, 758 A.2d 842 (2000) (declining to apply de novo review to highly fact based decision of trial court on counsel’s motion to withdraw), cert. denied, 532 U.S. 913, 121 S. Ct. 1247, 149 L. Ed. 2d 153 (2001); State v. Santiago, 252 Conn. 635, 640, 748 A.2d 293 (2000) (declining to review de novo trial court’s conclusions as to allegations of juror’s racial bias); Doe v. Connecticut Bar Examining Committee, 263 Conn. 39, 57-58, 818 A.2d 14 (2003) (<HOLDING>). Having determined that we must apply the
holding that review of the construction of a sentencing statute is de novo holding courts reweighing of evidence improper as de novo review of record holding that the proper review for the trial courts application of the law is de novo recognizing de novo standard of review holding that we review a district courts interpretation of a statute de novo