TAVENNER v. TURNER

No. 12660.

501 P.2d 105 (1972)

28 Utah 2d 238

Stanley Eugene TAVENNER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Eugene Tavenner, pro se.

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


HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Affirmed.

Defendant was tried in 1960 and convicted of robbery after a jury trial. Conveniently he escaped from the courtroom before sentence, remand to the sheriff and commitment. Thereafter he served five years in the Idaho prison. Thereafter he was returned to Utah, brought before the jury trying his case, the veniremen were polled, the guilty verdict entered, followed by...

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