R. v. Whitmer, in and for Salt Lake County

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• holding that the district court is the proper forum to hear petitions for habeas corpus but affirming the district court's dismissal of a habeas corpus petition on substantive grounds apparent from the record
• holding that the district court is the proper forum to hear petitions for habeas corpus but affirming the district court's dismissal of a habeas corpus petition on substantive grounds apparent from the record
• \We ... think that in a proper case the District Courts of this state could issue a writ to determine the legality of the detention of a child without acting as an appellate court in reversing or amending the order made by the Juvenile Court.\
• \We ... think that in a proper case the District Courts of this state could issue a writ to determine the legality of the detention of a child without acting as an appellate court in reversing or amending the order made by the Juvenile Court.\

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