Legal Opinion
In Re Estrada
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 16, 1996No. A070189PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PHELAN, J. *
Respondent Donato Estrada was found guilty of a prison rules violation (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 15, § 3005, subd. (c)) 1 for conspiring to commit battery on an inmate named Gaspar, based solely on information supplied by confidential informants. After exhausting his administrative remedies, he petitioned the superior court for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the use of confidential information in his disciplinary hearing. The court issued an order to show cause and eventually granted the petition, directing that the disciplinary finding be set aside and ordering the…
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