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WILSON v. FARRIER

No. 83-1635.

372 N.W.2d 499 (1985)

Elbert WILSON, Jr., Appellant, v. Harold A. FARRIER, Iowa Director of Adult Corrections, Crispus C. Nix, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, and State of Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, and John P. Messina, Asst. Appellate Defender, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sarah J. Coats, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, SCHULTZ, CARTER and WOLLE, JJ.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

We granted further review in this controversy to clarify the appropriate standard of judicial review in appeals from prison disciplinary committees. On appeal, petitioner Elbert Wilson asserted the district court wrongfully denied him postconviction relief when it found there was sufficient evidence to support the committee's determination that petitioner was guilty of a rule infraction. The court of appeals reversed the district court ruling...

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