WASHINGTON v. TURNER

No. 10427.

17 Utah 2d 361 (1966)

412 P.2d 449

WALTER ALFONZO WASHINGTON, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. JOHN W. TURNER, WARDEN, UTAH STATE PRISON, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 31, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Alfonzo Washington, pro se.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., State of Utah, Ronald N. Boyce, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Utah, for respondent.


WADE, Justice.

Walter Alfonzo Washington brings this appeal from a judgment of the Third Judicial District Court in and for Salt Lake County, which refused to grant him a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from a prison sentence for burglary in the second degree. He claims that the evidence conclusively shows that he had nothing to do with the burglary. He admits that he drove two other men around in the neighborhood of the Vrontikis store but knew nothing about...

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