Johnson v. State

MADDOX, Justice.

Robert L. Johnson was found guilty of violating prison rules and was disciplined at four different hearings. He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging whether the disciplinary proceedings met the due process requirements of Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974). The trial court denied his petition, but the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed. Johnson v. State, 564 So.2d 999 (Ala.Cr.App.1989). That court held that the disciplinary board’s statements of the evidence relied upon in two of the hearings were insufficient. The State…