BEST v. STATE

No. 65110.

736 P.2d 171 (1987)

Robert BEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma and Peter Douglas, Warden, Lexington Correctional Center, Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

March 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Best, pro se.

Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen., Rozia M. McKinney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellees.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

BACON, Judge.

This appeal is brought by a convicted felon while an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester. The inmate had been caught with $300 in cash in a tube that was taped inside his pocket. The $300 was confiscated and deposited in the inmates' welfare fund pursuant to Department of Corrections Policy No. OP-040109(2)(A)(2).

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