Legal Opinion
State of Iowa v. Iowa District Court for Jones County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 23, 2016No. 15–0948PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
In this appeal, we must decide whether the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC) violated an inmate’s rights by requiring him to participate in the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP). The inmate pled guilty to domestic abuse assault in a plea bargain that .dismissed a related sex abuse charge. The IDOC initially relied on the dismissed sex abuse charge and the victim’s detailed, written statement included in a police report to refer him for mandatory SOTP. An administrative law judge (AL J) upheld that determination following an evidentiary hearing based on the inmate’s…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wilkinson v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- McKune v. LileSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- State of Iowa v. Craig Anthony FinneySupreme Court of Iowa · 2013
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Gary Pettit v. Iowa Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
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