SANCHEZ v. HUNT

No. 57104.

329 So.2d 691 (1976)

Gilbert SANCHEZ v. Elayn HUNT, Director, Department of Corrections.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles L. Patin, Jr., Staff Atty., for defendant-relator.

Roland T. Huson, III, Office of Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.


MARCUS, Justice.

Gilbert Sanchez, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in district court in which he asked the court to order his transfer from maximum to medium security status at the prison. The district court granted the writ. We granted the application of the Department of Corrections for certiorari. 323 So.2d 139 (La.1975).

On December 6, 1973, Gilbert...

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