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STATE EX REL. STAPLES v. DHSS

No. 82-765.

115 Wis.2d 363 (1983)

340 N.W.2d 194

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. William STAPLES, Petitioner-Appellant-Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, Division of Corrections, and Disciplinary Committee, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there were briefs and oral argument by Kenneth P. Casey, assistant state public defender.

For the respondents the cause was argued by George B. Schwahn, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

STEINMETZ, J.

This case raises the issue of the procedural safeguards that must be employed in prison disciplinary proceedings, pursuant to sec. HSS 303.86, Wis. Adm. Code, when the principal evidence against the accused is the written statement of an unidentified informant.

This case arises from a prison disciplinary proceeding at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution which determined that William Staples had stabbed another inmate on December 22, 1980...

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