Terrell v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice,

for the Court:

Edward Terrell, a prisoner at South Mississippi Correctional Institution, filed a Motion to Show Cause on July 7, 1989, in the Greene County Circuit Court alleging that he was denied state and federal constitutional rights when he was placed in administrative segregation. The lower court overruled the Motion on August 9, 1989, and Terrell appeals that decision.

I

The events leading to the placement of Terrell in administrative segregation occurred on June 27, 1989, when two prison officials searched the belongings of Terrell while conducting a shakedown. One of…