Legal Opinion
Sandin v. Conner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1995No. 93-1911PublishedCited by 8,223 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
We granted certiorari to reexamine the circumstances under which state prison regulations afford inmates a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.
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DeMont Conner was convicted of numerous state crimes, including murder, kidnaping, robbery, and burglary, for which he is currently serving an indeterminate sentence of *47530 years to life in a Hawaii prison. He was confined in the Halawa Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in central Oahu. In August 1987, a prison officer escorted him from his cell to the module program area. The officer subjected Conner to a strip search,…
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