Gary Castonguay v. Commissioner of Correction

Summary

The court dismissed the appeal because the petitioner did not establish that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal. On the merits, the court held that the statute defining life imprisonment as a definite sixty-year sentence applies only to definite life sentences for felonies committed on or after July 1, 1981, and not to indeterminate life sentences for felonies committed before that date, regardless of when sentencing occurred.