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779 P.2d 229

115 UtahAdv.Rep. 17

Andrews v. Haun

Utah Supreme Court

Decided August 18, 1989

Utah Supreme Court · decided 1989-08-18

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 1993

5 state decisions

Relies on Ford v. Wainwright

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Decided 1989-08-18

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PER CURIAM:

¶1 This case is here as a petition for extraordinary relief. It appears from the incomplete submission of the parties, both *230 petitioner and the State, that the Board of Pardons erred in not disclosing certain documents which were apparently before the Board, as required by article VII, section 12, Constitution of Utah. However, the decision of the Board demonstrates that it did not rely on the undisclosed information to any significant extent in declining to commute petitioner’s death sentence.

¶2 If Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 106 S.Ct. 2595, 91 L.Ed.2d 335 (1986), has application in this case and if error were committed under Ford, we view the error as harmless.

¶3 The petition is denied.

HOWE, Associate C.J., concurs in the result only, not being convinced that the Board of Pardons erred.
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