Murray v. State

This is an appeal from an order of the district court affirming the dismissal by a magistrate of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ had been sought by Leon Murray, an inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution. He claimed he had been denied due process during a disciplinary hearing concerning a report that Murray had assaulted another inmate. The battery had been observed by a tower guard at the prison.

A magistrate concluded there were insufficient allegations in Murray’s petition upon which to issue a writ. The petition was dismissed and the dismissal was upheld on…