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JACOBS v. STATE

No. 990763.

20 P.3d 382 (2001)

2001 UT 17

Chess JACOBS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad C. Smith, Ogden for petitioner.

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Catherine M. Johnson, Karen Klucznik, Asst. Att'ys Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.

DURRANT, Justice:

¶ 1 Chess Jacobs pleaded guilty to one count of rape of a child, a first degree felony, in 1984. Due to the aggravating circumstances of the case, Jacobs was sentenced to a term of fifteen years to life in the Utah State Prison. Ten years later, he filed a petition for extraordinary relief under rule 65B(b) of the Utah rules of Civil Procedure,1 alleging that he was incompetent to plead guilty in 1984. He contended...

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