LOPEZ v. SHULSEN

No. 18939.

716 P.2d 787 (1986)

Eloy Paul LOPEZ, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Kenneth V. SHULSEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bruce Savage, Park City, for petitioner and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Eloy Paul Lopez appeals the denial of his pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis, which the district court treated as a petition for writ of habeas corpus.1

On September 7, 1978, Lopez was convicted of second degree murder.2 The victim died of two skull fractures after Lopez kicked him in the head with steel-toed boots. Following an appeal to this Court, the conviction was...

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