State v. Cavan

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction arising out of an assault on a corrections officer at Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI). He argues that holding his trial in a courtroom constructed inside SRCI violated his state and federal constitutional rights. We affirm.

While defendant was an inmate at SRCI, he attacked a corrections officer and repeatedly hit him with a homemade sap. At one point during their struggle, defendant bit off a piece of the correction officer’s cheek and tried to spit it into the officer’s mouth. Other officers arrived and helped subdue defendant. As…