Howard v. State

SNELL, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether, at a postconviction hearing to review a prison disciplinary proceeding, the district court may order that confidential information relied upon by the disciplinary committee be disclosed to the inmate’s attorney, subject to a protective order. The district court ordered such disclosure in this case. We then granted the State’s application for interlocutory review. We reverse and remand.

Applicant, Bill Howard, initiated this postconviction proceeding after being found guilty by a prison disciplinary committee of attempted possession of…