WRIGHT v. DERMITT

Nos. 13842, 14076.

660 P.2d 940 (1983)

104 Idaho 475

Rex WRIGHT, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Ed DERMITT, Warden, Idaho State Prison, and the State of Idaho, Respondents-Appellants. Randy ZIEGLER, Petitioner-Respondent, v. STATE of Idaho, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

March 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., Robert R. Gates, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for respondents-appellants.

Richard D. Toothman, David Z. Nevin and Klaus Wiebe, Boise, for petitioners-respondents.

Before DONALDSON, C.J., SHEPARD, BISTLINE and HUNTLEY, JJ., McFADDEN, J., Pro Tem.


PER CURIAM.

Respondents in these two appeals are inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI). They filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus, contending they were denied their constitutional rights by being placed in the maximum security unit at ISCI without due process. Their petitions were denied at the magistrate level, and the denials were reversed on appeal to the district court.

The issue presented is whether persons sentenced to the...

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