Renn v. Utah State Board of Pardons

ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS

STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:

This case is here on a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Utah Court of Appeals in Renn v. Utah State Board of Pardons, 862 P.2d 1378 (Utah Ct.App.1993). The petitioner, the Utah State Board of Pardons (the “Board”), argues that the Court of Appeals erred in ruling that David Renn’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus was not barred by the ninety-day statute of limitations for filing petitions for writs of habeas corpus in Utah Code Ann. § 78-12-31.1. The Court of Appeals had earlier held § 78-12-31.1…