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MAHERS v. STATE

Nos. 88-579, 88-281.

437 N.W.2d 565 (1989)

Ronald MAHERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee. Stephen C. LEONARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Rogers, Acting State Public Defender, for appellant Mahers.

Raymond E. Rogers, Acting State Public Defender, and B. John Burns, Asst. State Public Defender, for appellant Leonard.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Atty. Gen., John M. Parmeter, and Suzie A. Berregaard, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

These cases present a common issue: the extent to which an inmate has the due process right under the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution to call witnesses at a disciplinary hearing.

Ronald Mahers and Stephen C. Leonard, while inmates, were each charged with infractions of prison disciplinary rules. Mahers apparently wanted to call three other inmates as witnesses at his disciplinary hearing to assist with his defense...

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