Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 28, 1987No. 7 Div. 798Published

1Opinion of the Court

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, Gary Wade Williams, appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein he alleged that he was deprived of liberty interests by a disciplinary proceeding which had been conducted without due process. As a result of being deemed guilty by a disciplinary committee

*1053for violating the prison rule prohibiting possession of an unauthorized escape device, Williams was ordered to serve twenty-one days in disciplinary segregation, and the committee further recommended that his custody status be changed from medium to close. In…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Ponte v. RealSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Ex Parte FloydSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  4. Williams v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  5. Washington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981

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