EX PARTE SULLIVAN


107 F.Supp. 514 (1952)

Ex parte SULLIVAN et al.

United States District Court D. Utah, Central Division.

September 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Sandack, Reid W. Nielson, A. J. Moll, Salt Lake City, for petitioners.

Clinton D. Vernon, Atty. Gen. of Utah, Quentin L. Alston, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Utah, for respondents.


RITTER, District Judge.

On February 20, 1952, Melvin Leroy Sullivan and Verne Alfred Braasch filed in this court a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. On March 14, 1952, Petitioners filed their Amended Petition. They alleged that they were to be put to death the morning of February 26, 1952, by the Warden of the Utah State Penitentiary pursuant to a Judgment and Commitment of the Fifth Judicial District Court of Utah. That judgment, they claim, is void because the...

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