Mercado v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

The petitioner, Francisco Mercado, appeals following the denial by the habeas court of his petition for certification to appeal from its judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion when it denied his petition for certification to appeal and committed plain error when it failed to conclude that his guilty plea was not knowingly made. We dismiss the petitioner’s appeal.

The following facts and procedural history are relevant to our resolution of this appeal. In August, 2001, the petitioner entered a plea…