Crockett served as deputy Salt Lake County attorney from 1933 to 1938.
In 1947, during the polio epidemic, Crockett was Salt Lake County chairman for the March of Dimes campaign.
[7] In November 1950, he was elected to the Utah Supreme Court, narrowly defeating Republican candidate District Judge Joseph E.
A hiker, he once hiked through Zion Narrows with United States Supreme Court Justice William O.
[9] He was given a Distinguished Lawyer Emeritus Award by the Utah Bar Association in March 1987.