Northwest v. LaFleur

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

In this appeal from the trial court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition, appellant David Northwest disputes a disciplinary confinement determination based on his failure to successfully complete sex offender treatment. Contending that the discipline violates his substantive due process rights, appellant argues that it was improper to force his admission of two offenses after he was permitted in court to enter Alford pleas, whereby appellant accepted convictions on two crimes without admitting that they occurred. We affirm the trial court’s conclusion that there need…