BURLEIGH v. TURNER

No. 10007.

15 Utah 2d 118 (1964)

388 P.2d 412

HAROLD BURLEIGH, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. JOHN W. TURNER, WARDEN, UTAH STATE PRISON, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Burleigh, per se.

A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.


CALLISTER, Justice:

Appellant appeals from an order of the Fourth District Court for Utah County denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On November 6, 1959, appellant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of issuing a fictitious check in violation of 76-26-7, U.C.A. 1953. He was thereupon committed to the State Prison to serve a sentence of from one to ten years.

Some two years later, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus...

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