Christiansen v. Harris

LARSON, Chief Justice.

By the Habeas Corpus Act we have before us the question as to the procedural formalities necessary to sustain a revocation of probation by the District Court under the provisions of Sec. 105-86-17, U. C. A. 1948, as amended by Chapter 24, Laws of Utah 1943. The question arises out of some statements made in State v. Zolantakis, 70 Utah 296, 259 P. 1044, 1047, 54 A. L. R. 1463. Petitioner, an inmate of the State prison, by petition for writ of habeas corpus, charges that he is illegally restrained of his liberty because the proceedings by which he was committed to prison…