COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 16767.

762 P.2d 814 (1988)

114 Idaho 901

Andrew B. COLEMAN, Petitioner-Respondent, v. STATE of Idaho, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

August 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., and Timothy D. Wilson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for respondent-appellant. Timothy D. Wilson argued.

Uranga & Uranga, Boise, for petitioner-respondent. Christopher M. Bieter argued.


BISTLINE, Justice.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether a prison policy which prohibits an inmate's access to the law library passes constitutional muster. The district judge held that a ten-day restriction on access to a law library, applicable only to those prisoners who receive disciplinary detention, is facially invalid because it abridges the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts. We affirm.

Respondent Andrew Coleman is...

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