Dukes v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Oscar Dukes appeals from the denial of a habeas corpus petition filed in the Circuit Court of Barbour County, Alabama, which was denied by that court without conducting an evidentiary hearing.

Specifically, the appellant complains that he was denied due process of law in a prison disciplinary hearing wherein he was found guilty of violating Rule 31 of the Rules of the Board of Corrections, i.e., assault on a fellow inmate, and, as a result, was removed from work release to a more restrictive environment.

*684The Board of Corrections, through the district attorney, filed its return…