Andreason v. Turner

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff appeals from a denial of his petition for. a writ of habeas corpus in the district court. Plaintiff was convicted, upon a jury verdict, of the crime of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary, His motion for a new trial was denied on June 27, 1969; he filed an appeal on October 1, 1969, which was dismissed by this court on March 10, 1970, for lack of jurisdiction.

In his petition before the district court, plaintiff asserted three points: (1) He was denied a fair trial by the failure of the court to give an instruction on the defense of alibi, when there…