Boria v. Commissioner of Correction

PETER BORIA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION (SC 20459) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js. Syllabus The petitioner, who had been convicted of robbery in the first degree, filed a successive habeas petition, claiming, inter alia, that certain statutory (§§ 18-98e and 54-125a) amendments to the law governing the earned risk reduction credit violated the ex post facto clause of the United States constitution and that his guilty plea was not voluntary. The habeas court, sua sponte and without providing the petitioner with prior notice or an opportunity to be heard, dismissed…