STATE v. SPIERS

Nos. 9363, 9387.

12 Utah 2d 14 (1961)

361 P.2d 509

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. BRENT E. SPIERS, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT. BRENT E. SPIERS, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. JOHN W. TURNER, WARDEN OF THE UTAH STATE PRISON, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Budge, Atty. Gen., Gordon A. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.

Pete N. Vlahos, Ogden, for appellant.


WADE, Chief Justice.

This opinion covers two cases. In the first, State v. Spiers, Brent Spiers, a 19-year-old boy, appeals from the termination of his probation and committing him to prison by the district court at Ogden. In the second, Spiers v. Turner, Spiers appeals from a decision of the district court of Salt Lake County denying him a writ of habeas corpus for his release from prison on the ground that he was placed there without due process of law. We first...

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