Brown v. Turner

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Chester B. Brown appeals from a judgment of the District Court in a habeas corpus proceeding denying his release from the Utah State Prison. He seeks to overturn the judgments and sentences in two cases : the first a sentence of not to exceed five years imposed in March, 1963, pursuant to his plea of guilty to a bad-check charge, and the second imposed April, 1966, pursuant to his plea of guilty to a charge of grand larceny.

Plaintiff makes two contentions: (1) that his right to counsel was not accorded him, and (2) that he was not properly advised of the consequences…