Title: Schad v. Turner

State: utah

Issuer: Utah Supreme Court

Document:

496 P.2d 263 (1972) 27 Utah 2d 345 Edward Harold SCHAD, Jr., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent. No. 12485. Supreme Court of Utah. April 19, 1972. *264 Salt Lake Legal Defender Assn., David P. Rhode, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff-appellant. Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., David S. Young, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant-respondent. ELLETT, Justice: This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The facts of this matter were set out in the decision of this court affirming appellant's conviction.[1] In his petition for release on a writ of habeas corpus, the appellant complains of the same matters which he raised in the former appeal. Those matters which were determined on that appeal cannot again be litigated on a petition for release on habeas corpus. This court stated in Bryant v. Turner:[2] The appellant raised one matter in his petition which he did not assign as error in his former appeal, to-wit, that the district attorney exceeded the bounds of propriety in his cross-examination of the defendant (appellant herein). This is a matter which could have been raised on his former appeal and cannot now be brought before us by habeas corpus. This court so held in the case of Brown v. Turner,[3] wherein it was stated: While the matter is not properly before us, still we refer the interested reader to the case of People v. Hite[4] for a statement of how far the prosecuting attorney may go in cross-examining a defendant who takes the witness stand and testifies in his own behalf. Habeas corpus is a civil matter, and the findings of the trial court are presumed to be proper unless the appellant can show *265 that there is no substantial evidence to sustain them. This appellant has not shown any error in the ruling of the court below, and, therefore, we affirm the judgment. CALLISTER, C.J., and TUCKETT, HENRIOD and CROCKETT, JJ., concur. [1] State v. Schad, 24 Utah 2d 255, 470 P.2d 246 (1970). [2] 19 Utah 2d 284, 286, 431 P.2d 121, 122 (1967). [3] 21 Utah 2d 96, 98, 440 P.2d 968, 969 (1968). [4] 8 Utah 461, 33 P. 254 (1893).