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EGAN v. TURNER

No. 12707.

499 P.2d 286 (1972)

28 Utah 2d 143

Michael Ray EGAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Gillette, of VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff-appellant.

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

TUCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiff, Michael Ray Egan, appeals from a decision of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. As a basis for the plaintiff's petition, he claims that at the time sentence was pronounced he was denied effective assistance of competent counsel.

On January 14, 1971, the plaintiff appeared in the District Court with assigned counsel for the purpose of withdrawing a former plea of not guilty and to enter a plea...

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