Boria v. Commissioner of Correction

The petitioner, Peter Boria, appeals, following the granting of his petition for certification to appeal, from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Practice Book § 23-29. 1 The petitioner claims that the habeas court improperly dismissed his claim (1) that amendments to the risk reduction earned credits statute in 2013 and 2015 violated the ex post facto clause of the United States constitution 2 and (2) that his right to due process had been violated because his guilty plea in his underlying criminal case was not knowingly and…