Legal Opinion

Marticorena v. Miller

Utah Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1979No. 15858PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILKINS, Justice:

This is an appeal from the refusal of the trial court to grant a writ of habeas corpus to Mr. Martieorena. The ruling was proper since the identical issues attempted to be litigated were determined on appeal between the same parties in the case of Miller v. Miller and Marticorena.1

In that case and in the present matter two men are each claiming to be the biological father of a child. Mr. Martieorena attempts by the writ of habeas corpus to obtain the custody of the child, and now wishes to show that he is the actual father. He now claims that the science of blood matching has…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wood v. TurnerUtah Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Gee v. SmithUtah Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Miller v. MarticorenaUtah Supreme Court · 1975

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. MacE v. WebbUtah Supreme Court · 1980
  2. MacE v. WebbUtah Supreme Court · 1980

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