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Disciplinary Finding Must Be Supported by Reliable Evidence

Loaded on May 15, 1997 published in Prison Legal News May, 1997, page 20
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Double jeopardy (Hearings), Liberty Interests, Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings), Standard of Proof, Drug Testing, Habeas Corpus. Location: Indiana.
The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that while only "some evidence" is required to uphold a finding of guilt in a prison disciplinary hearing, that evidence must be reliable. Michael Meeks is an Indiana state prisoner who was infracted for allegedly smoking marijuana. After a urinalysis test ...

 

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