Kuehnert v. Turner

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The trial court determined that plaintiff was lawfully incarcerated in the Utah State Prison pursuant to a conviction of the crime of forgery based upon a guilty plea, knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered, and that plaintiff’s rights were not violated by lack of counsel at the sentencing proceeding.

On appeal plaintiff asserts that his sentence was invalid and void on the ground that he was without counsel at a critical stage of the criminal proceedings,…