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Adjunct law prof Troy Booher writes the OpEd, "Delay giveing Legislature judicial power," in the Deseret News.The Utah attorney general has proposed a constitutional amendment that would transfer judicial power to the Utah Legislature. The proposal is SJR14, which provides that "following a direct appeal, a person may challenge the legality of a conviction or sentence only as provided by statute." This means that the Utah Legislature, not the Utah Supreme Court, would determine when and whether Utah courts could review illegal convictions and sentences. Utah's Constitutional Revision Commission ? made up of legislators, judges and ordinary citizens ? has asked for more time to study the proposed amendment. The attorney general wants immediate action...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).