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WINTERS v. STATE

No. 95-723.

549 N.W.2d 819 (1996)

Jeffrey WINTERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Ingram of Mears Law Office, Iowa City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and William A. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

CARTER, Justice.

Prison inmate Jeffrey Winters, who is white, was found guilty of violating prison rule 23 (disobeying an order) when he refused to share a cell with a black inmate. Winters' refusal was based on his claim that racial separation is a doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian, of which he is a member. Winters received forty days disciplinary detention and a loss of sixteen days good-conduct time. He...

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