Webb v. State

Prison inmate Yohan Webb appeals from a denial of his application for postconviction relief from prison disciplinary action. Webb contends he was denied due process, statutory rights and effective assistance of counsel when the district court refused to allow his personal attendance at the postconviction hearing. We affirm.

A disciplinary committee at the Iowa Men’s Reformatory found Yohan Webb guilty of violating disciplinary rule 14 prohibiting inmates from making threats. The committee imposed fifteen days disciplinary detention, 120 days disciplinary detention at level one and a loss of…