In these proceedings, we must decide what an appellate court can and should do when confronted by a petition for writ of habeas corpus that is frivolous because "it indisputably has no merit," i.e., "when any reasonable attorney would agree that the [petition] is totally and completely without merit." (In re Marriage of Flaherty (1982)
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