Bosque v. Commissioner of Correction

Summary

The court held that the Appellate Court improperly dismissed the petitioner's appeal from the denial of habeas certification without first determining whether his unpreserved claims were nonfrivolous. Such claims challenging the habeas court's handling of the proceeding may be reviewed under the plain error doctrine or the constitutional-error framework if they meet the applicable nonfrivolousness criteria. The judgment was reversed and the case was remanded for that determination.