Legal Opinion

Garlington v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided February 24, 1989No. 3 Div. 955Published

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Judge.

This appeal follows a denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons outlined below, the judgment of the trial court is due to be reversed and this cause remanded.

The appellant, an inmate at the Holman Correctional Facility, received a series of twelve separate prison disciplinaries between March 24, 1980, and October 24, 1987. In February, 1988 the appellant filed the habeas corpus petition sub judice,-alleging that the disciplinary proceedings failed to satisfy the minimal due process requirements established by the Supreme Court in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Summerford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Barker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  5. Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984

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