Ex Parte Floyd

We granted the writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals, 434 So.2d 871, to review that court's affirmance, without opinion, of the trial court's dismissal of the petition for habeas corpus of Floyd, who sought to reverse a prison disciplinary board ruling that deprived him of "good time" benefits. We reverse.

The dispositive issue is whether the due process requirements that a prisoner in a disciplinary hearing, the outcome of which could result in revocation of "good time" benefits, must be given written notice in advance (not less than twenty-four hours) of the charges against…