Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided January 27, 2017No. 2534 A-12166Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Judge MANNHEIMER.
While Johnny B. Johnson was incarcerated at the Spring Creek Correctional Center in connection with another criminal case, he assaulted a corrections officer. For this act, Johnson was charged with fourth-degree assault. 1 While this fourth-degree assault charge was pending, Johnson was disciplined by the Department of Corrections for the assault: Johnson received 60 days of punitive segregation, and he lost 185 days’ good time credit.
The district court ruled that, because Johnson received this prison discipline, it would be unlawful for the Department of Law to pursue…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. Alberto Hernandez-FundoraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Lloyd Mullican and Kenneth Eugene Shores v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- People v. VasquezNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Alex v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- United States v. Walter Michael RisingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
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