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SINCLAIR v. TURNER

No. 10768.

20 Utah 2d 126 (1967)

434 P.2d 305

JEAN SINCLAIR, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. JOHN W. TURNER, WARDEN, UTAH STATE PRISON, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 28, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimi Mitsunaga, Legal Defender, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Warren M. Weggeland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Jean Sinclair was sentenced in May of 1963 to imprisonment for life in the Utah State Prison for first degree murder. Her conviction was affirmed by this court in February, 1964.1 In June of 1966, she petitioned the district court for release in a habeas corpus proceeding, contending that the publicity about her case had deprived her of a fair trial. After a plenary hearing and the taking of evidence, the trial...

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