Walker v. Board of Pardons

This is an appeal from an order dismissing plaintiff Monty Kent Walker’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Walker contended that his parole was revoked for alleged criminal conduct without arrest, filing of formal charges, and trial and that, had he been charged and tried, he would have been found not guilty. Walker claims that his constitutional right to face his accusers and to be tried before a jury of his peers was violated.

The rationale of Johns v. Shulsen, 717 P.2d 1336 (Utah 1986), governs the disposition of the case under review:

Parole revocation is an administrative proceeding…