CODIANNA v. MORRIS

No. 17203.

660 P.2d 1101 (1983)

Gypsy Allen CODIANNA, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Lawrence MORRIS, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ginger L. Fletcher, Salt Lake City, Timothy K. Ford, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Craig L. Barlow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.


OAKS, Justice:

Petitioner Gypsy Allen Codianna and two codefendants were convicted of murder in the first degree in 1975. Their convictions were affirmed on appeal. In this appeal from the denial of postconviction relief by habeas corpus, petitioner urges (1) that the district court erred in refusing to hear evidence on various alleged errors at his trial (by granting partial summary judgment), and (2) that on the basis of evidence heard by the district court it should...

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