Legal Opinion
Olim v. Wakinekona
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 1983No. 81-1581PublishedCited by 2,829 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
The issue in this case is whether the transfer of a prisoner from a state prison in Hawaii to one in California implicates a liberty interest within the meaning of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
I
A
Respondent Delbert Kaahanui Wakinekona is serving a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole as a result of his murder conviction in a Hawaii state court. He also is serving sentences for various other crimes, including rape, robbery, and escape. At the Hawaii State Prison outside Honolulu, respondent was classified as a maximum security risk and placed in…
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