Case Name: Walter Alfonzo WASHINGTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent
Court: Utah Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Utah
Decision Date: 1966-03-31
Citations: 17 Utah 2d 361
Docket Number: No. 10427
Parties: Walter Alfonzo WASHINGTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.
Judges: HENRIOD, C. J., and McDONOUGH, CROCKETT, and CALLISTER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Utah Reports, Second Series
Volume: 17
Pages: 361–362

Head Matter:
412 P.2d 449
Walter Alfonzo WASHINGTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.
No. 10427.
Supreme Court of Utah.
March 31, 1966.
Walter Alfonzo Washington, pro se.
Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., State of Utah, Ronald N. Boyce, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Utah, for respondent.

Opinion:
WADE, Justice.
Walter Alfonzo Washington brings this appeal from a judgment of the Third Judicial District Court in and for Salt Lake County, which refused to grant him a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from a prison sentence for burglary in the second degree. He claims that the evidence conclusively shows that he had nothing to do with the burglary. He admits that he drove two other men around in the neighborhood of the Vrontikis store but knew nothing about their intention to burglarize that store. He claims that on the advice of his lawyer he did not take the witness stand and testify in his own behalf. Appellant insists that his counsel at the trial was incompetent.
Appellant for the first time on this appeal claims that the trial court denied him access to the transcript of the record. He does not state whether this claimed denial of the record was of the preliminary hearing or of the main trial. There is no showing of any such denial. That issue was not raised in the trial court and cannot be raised for the first time now. We find no evidence of incompetency or action in bad faith in this matter. The judgment denying the writ is affirmed. No costs awarded.
HENRIOD, C. J., and McDONOUGH, CROCKETT, and CALLISTER, JJ., concur.