Legal Opinion
Nielsen v. Turner
District Court, D. Utah
Decided July 16, 1968No. C 30-67PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.
The petitioner, Kent Eugene Nielsen, is a prisoner in the Utah State Prison where he is serving a sentence imposed by the District Court of the State of Utah in and for Salt Lake County of “not less than five years, and which may be for life” 1 for the crime of robbery. Petitioner here seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 United States Code § 2254 on the ground that he was not accorded his constitutional right to counsel when he entered a plea of guilty to the charge upon which he was sentenced. At the time he entered plea, November 24,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
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