Pruitt v. State

The state and officials of the Department of Corrections appeal from an order vacating and setting aside an administrative finding of guilt and imposition of sentence upon an inmate, respondent Allen Carroll Pruitt, for a major institutional rule violation. We reverse the judgment of the circuit court and reinstate the administrative conviction and sentence.

Respondent is serving a life sentence for murder. While incarcerated in Central Correctional Institution he was charged with throwing a homemade firebomb at a correctional officer in violation of the rules of the Inmate Guide 1 published…