Hearn v. State

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

James Willard Hearn filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the First District Court. The important fact to be noted is that the court adopted the position asserted by the state: that because the petitioner was not presently imprisoned in the State of Utah, the court had no jurisdiction and dismissed the petition specifically on that ground.

Petitioner appeals, urging that he has a right to a determination as to the validity of a detainer pending against him which will require his return to Utah after he is released from the federal prison in Marion, Illinois.

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