Thorne v. State

COBB, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, Larry Thorne, challenges his 1994 prison disciplinary for violating a prison rule prohibiting consumption of narcotics. As punishment, the petitioner lost good time for one year and was reclassified from earned good time Class II to Class IV status for one year pending good behavior.

The petitioner alleges that his due process rights were violated because, he says, 1) at the hearing, the chain of custody of his urine sample was not proven, 2) he was not provided with the “chain of custody…