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· 11/1/1977

Tasker v. Griffith

Citations

  • 238 S.E.2d 229
  • 160 W. Va. 739
  • 1977 W. Va. LEXIS 295

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the scope of the writ of habeas corpus extends to cover a challenge to the petitioner’s restraint in administrative segregation because of his alleged infraction of prison rules and regulations
  • finding that the scope of the writ of habeas corpus extends to cover a challenge to the petitioner's restraint in administrative segregation because of his alleged infraction of prison rules and regulations
  • “Habeas corpus lies to test the legality of the restraint under which a person is detained.”
  • \Habeas corpus lies to test the legality of the restraint under which a person is detained.\

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Judges: Neely

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