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Nielsen v. Turner

Supreme Court of Utah
Jan 8, 1968
435 P.2d 921 (Utah 1968)

Opinion

No. 10670.

January 8, 1968.

Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Marcellus K. Snow, J.

C. Keith Rooker, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Gerald G. Gundry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


Plaintiff appeals from a denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He alleges in his petition that prior to his entry of a plea of guilty to a robbery charge in 1958 he was advised of his right to counsel, but was not advised of his right to have counsel appointed in the event he were without funds to employ his own.

Citing: Escobedo v. State of Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964); Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966); State v. Thurlow, 85 Idaho 96, 375 P.2d 996 (1962).

Upon authority of the recently decided case of State v. Workman, and for the reasons stated therein, the decision of the lower court is affirmed.

20 Utah 2d 178, 435 P.2d 919, decided January 5, 1968.

CROCKETT, C.J., and TUCKETT, HENRIOD and ELLETT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Nielsen v. Turner

Supreme Court of Utah
Jan 8, 1968
435 P.2d 921 (Utah 1968)
Case details for

Nielsen v. Turner

Case Details

Full title:KENT EUGENE NIELSEN, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. JOHN W. TURNER, WARDEN…

Court:Supreme Court of Utah

Date published: Jan 8, 1968

Citations

435 P.2d 921 (Utah 1968)
20 Utah 2

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