Legal Opinion
Baine v. Beckstead
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 1959No. 9049PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff contends that he is unlawfully restrained of his liberty because while he was on probation he was arbitrarily *6committed to the state prison without being afforded due process of law. He petitioned for and obtained from the district court a writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing the petition was dismissed and plaintiff remanded to custody. He appeals.
On March 4, 1958, the plaintiff having been convicted of the crime of issuing a check against insufficient funds was sen-fenced to the statutory indeterminate term idf not more than five years in the state…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. ZolantakisUtah Supreme Court · 1927
- Christiansen v. HarrisUtah Supreme Court · 1945
- McCoy v. HarrisUtah Supreme Court · 1945
- Burton v. Zion's Cooperative Mercantile InstitutionUtah Supreme Court · 1952
- Williams v. Harris, WardenUtah Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- In re Criminal Investigation, 7th District Court No. CS-1Utah Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. BrusenhanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
- Mike Alverez v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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