Legal Opinion
Pope v. Smith
District Court, D. Utah
Decided April 3, 1974No. Civ. No. C 74-111Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM DECISION GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPER-IS TO FILE A PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
RITTER, Chief Judge.
The court having examined the petition for a writ of habeas corpus submitted by William Pope, together with the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the required affidavit of impecuniosity, hereby grants leave to proceed in forma pauperis for the reasons stated below.
Pope is detained and in custody of Samuel Smith, Warden of the Utah State Prison, by virtue of conviction on a first degree murder charge, following trial by jury in February, 1965, in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- William Pope v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Pope v. TurnerUtah Supreme Court · 1973
- William Pope v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972