Department of Corrections v. Hemphill

Marshall, Judge.

Hemphill was terminated from his employment as a correctional officer at the Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia. The reason specified by the Commissioner of the State Board of Corrections was: "Misconduct, unfitness to perform assigned duties, and conduct reflecting discredit on the department in that on or about December 6, 1973, you did without necessity or justification strike an inmate with a nightstick, thereby violating Rule 125-2-5-.03, sections (a), (b), and (c) of the Rules of the State Board of Corrections.”

A hearing was held before an officer of the State…