Northern v. Barnes

OPINION

BENCH, Presiding Judge:

Kendall Q. Northern unsuccessfully petitioned the trial court for a writ of habeas corpus following a decision of the Board of Pardons (the Board) to rescind his original parole date. Northern appealed the trial court’s decision, but was subsequently paroled during the pendency of this appeal. We affirm.

FACTS

In 1980, Northern, an eighteen-year-old drifter, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and aggravated robbery for his participation in the shooting death of a cab driver earlier that same year. Northern was sentenced to two five-to-life sentences at the Utah…