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KEY v. STATE

No. 96-614.

577 N.W.2d 637 (1998)

Melvin KEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Forrest Guddall, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Applicant, Melvin Key, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), was found guilty by a prison disciplinary committee of violating certain prison rules. After exhausting his administrative remedies, Key filed an application for postconviction relief in district court. See Iowa Code §§ 822.2(6), 822.3 (1995). The district court denied Key relief and he appealed. We affirm.

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