BROWN v. TURNER

No. 11096.

440 P.2d 968 (1968)

21 Utah 2d 96

Chester B. BROWN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald N. Boyce, Salt Lake City, of Salt Lake County Bar Legal Services, Inc., for appellant.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Chester B. Brown appeals from a judgment of the District Court in a habeas corpus proceeding denying his release from the Utah State Prison. He seeks to overturn the judgments and sentences in two cases: the first a sentence of not to exceed five years imposed in March, 1963, pursuant to his plea of guilty to a bad-check charge, and the second imposed April, 1966, pursuant to his plea of guilty to a charge of grand larceny.

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