MARSHALL v. STATE

No. 93-1339.

524 N.W.2d 150 (1994)

Thomas MARSHALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee. STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JONES COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip B. Mears of Mears Law Office, Iowa City, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., and Kristin W. Ensign, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


PER CURIAM.

In these cross-petitions for writ of certiorari, the State challenges the district court's rejection of the "some evidence" standard applicable in prison disciplinary actions, and the inmate contests the court's willingness to uphold a prison policy of not informing inmates when requested witnesses have refused to testify. For reasons that follow, we sustain the State's writ and annul the prisoner's.

In December 1991, Thomas Marshall and several...

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