Johnson v. Commissioner of Correction

*573 The petitioner, Vance Johnson, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court dismissing his seventh petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his habeas petition, the petitioner alleged that his conviction is illegal because he did not understand, due to his compromised mental state, what was occurring when he pleaded guilty to one charge and then proceeded to trial on a second charge. The habeas court sua sponte dismissed the petition because it raised the same ground as two prior petitions that had been denied, and it failed…