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Disciplinary Board Must Assess Confidential Informant's Reliability

Loaded on June 15, 2002 published in Prison Legal News June, 2002, page 22
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Informants (Disciplinary Hearings). Location: Texas.
The court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that the failure of a disciplinary hearing officer to find a confidential informant's tip was reliable violates a prisoner's right to due process. While housed at Texas' Eastham Unit, prisoner Morris Broussard was charged and convicted of possession of contraband ...

 

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