MORISHITA v. MORRIS

No. 81-2463.

702 F.2d 207 (1983)

Lonny MORISHITA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lawrence MORRIS, Warden of the Utah State Prison, and the Attorney General of the State of Utah, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Wahlquist, Salt Lake City, Utah, for petitioner-appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., and Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., the State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, for respondents-appellees.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and McKAY and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This three-judge panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not be of material assistance in the determination of this appeal. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); Tenth Cir.R. 10(e). The cause is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

The petitioner appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 1978 the petitioner pleaded guilty in Utah state...

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