Combs v. Turner

ELLETT, Justice:

The defendant appeals from an order releasing the plaintiff from the Utah State Prison on a writ of habeas corpus. The plaintiff herein was defendant in a criminal case wherein he entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced and committed to the prison.

Section 76-20-8.1, U.C.A.19S3 (1969 Pocket Supplement), under which plaintiff was charged, reads:

When any person shall have requested credit as evidenced by a credit device *399it shall be unlawful for that person with intent to defraud or cheat to * * * purchase or attempt to purchase any goods, property or service on credit, * * *…