VILLIARD v. TURNER

No. 13506.

523 P.2d 863 (1974)

Steven Leon VILLIARD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Lubeck of Salt Lake Legal Defender Ass'n, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.


ELLETT, Justice:

Mr. Villiard was duly convicted by a jury of the crime of rape, and his conviction was affirmed by this court on appeal.1 He then filed an application for writ of habeas corpus and now appeals from a denial of his application for release from prison on a writ of habeas corpus. The particular claim he now makes is that the prosecuting attorney suppressed evidence which was favorable to him and that he never knew of it prior...

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