Legal Opinion
In Re the Personal Restraint of Reismiller
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 8, 1984No. 49624-2PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.
Petitioner Norman Reismiller, an inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary, seeks review of a finding by that institution's disciplinary hearing committee that he was guilty of the infraction of possessing marijuana. The question presented is to what extent an institutional disciplinary decision is reviewable by personal restraint petition.
On February 21, 1983, a guard at the Washington State Penitentiary found a hand-rolled cigarette which appeared to be marijuana in petitioner's cell. Petitioner was written up for possession of marijuana, and on March 14, 1983, a disciplinary hearing was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- In Re the Personal Restraint of HewsWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- In Re the Personal Restraint of HaglerWashington Supreme Court · 1982
- Pierce County Sheriff v. Civil Service CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- United States v. George LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Edwards v. BalisokSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- State v. KitchenWashington Supreme Court · 2004
- In Re the Personal Restraint of CookWashington Supreme Court · 1990
- Matter of Personal Restraint of St. PierreWashington Supreme Court · 1992
- Duffy v. RivelandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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