Lancaster v. Utah Board of Pardons

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “a petition of any nature which fails to state a claim may be dismissed”
• explaining that the district court properly dismissed a petition for extraordinary relief as frivolous on its face, despite the lack of express authority to do so in the applicable rule 65B subsection
• explaining that courts “review the fairness of the process by which the Board undertakes its sentencing function, but [they] do not sit as a panel of review on the result, absent some other constitutional claim, such as cruel and unusual punishment”
• appealing a district court dismissal of a rule 65B petition seeking extraordinary relief
• appealing a district court dismissal of a rule 65B petition seeking extraordinary relief
• Rule 65B(c) petition challenging board of pardons’ failure to fix exact number of years defendant would serve on indeterminate sentence

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