(Download) "Moffat v. Broyles" by Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Moffat v. Broyles
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 30, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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Shelby Moffat lost 180 days of good-time credits after a disciplinary committee concluded that he had attempted to smuggle two pieces of jewelry into the prison. Immediately after seeing a visitor in an interview room, Moffat asked to use the bathroom; suspicions raised, the officers sent him to the shakedown room instead and caught him attempting to discard a paper towel containing a gold chain and a silver chain. Moffats defense was that he owned the jewelry and had worn it into the visiting room; he offered as evidence receipts for some authorized jewelry purchases. He did not explain, however, why--if he owned these pieces legitimately and had been wearing them at the start of the visit--he put the chains in a paper towel and tried to conceal them from the guards. Prison authorities drew an adverse inference and found him guilty of attempted trafficking. Moffat contends in this proceeding under 28 U.S.C. sec.2254 that the state violated his constitutional rights by acting without sufficient evidence and by making a decision without a concrete statement of reasons. The district court denied his petition.