REEVES v. TURNER

No. 12710.

501 P.2d 1212 (1972)

28 Utah 2d 310

Marvin Joe REEVES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Bown, of Salt Lake Legal Defender Assn., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., David S. Young, William T. Evans, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the district court, wherein his petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. Plaintiff challenges the legality of his detention on the ground that the Board of Pardons, in revoking his parole, considered evidence that was the "fruit" of an unlawful search and seizure.

Plaintiff was originally convicted of burglary in the second degree in March 1963, and was sentenced to the Utah State Prison...

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