LaFAVER v. TURNER

No. 8006.

345 F.2d 519 (1965)

Walter LaFAVER, Appellant, v. John TURNER, Warden of Utah State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

May 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Breitenstein, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Ronald N. Boyce, Salt Lake City, Utah (A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., of Utah, with him on brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and LEWIS and SETH, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from judgment of the District Court discharging a writ of habeas corpus. The application for the writ attacked the judgment in a Utah state habeas corpus proceedings involving petitioner's claim that his guilty plea on a state charge was coerced and that he was denied the right of an effective appeal to the Utah Supreme Court.

The federal court entertained the petitioner's application, apointed counsel and conducted a...

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