GILL v. TURNER

No. 12892.

504 P.2d 1003 (1972)

29 Utah 2d 35

Richard D. GILL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Rhode, Salt Lake Legal Defenders, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., David S. Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.


HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from a denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus in a case where Gill pleaded guilty in April, 1967 to one robbery charge, whereupon two other robbery charges were dismissed. Affirmed.

Four and a half years after Gill pleaded guilty, he seeks a release, urging the rather common complaint that his counsel were incompetent, and he did not enter the plea voluntarily. Neither urgence finds substance in the record. This case simply...

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