Muhammad v. Butler’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “(1) the oath of the investigating officer as to the truth of his report containing confidential information and his appearance before the disciplinary committee ..., (2) corroborating testimony ..., (3) a statement on the record by the chairman of the disciplinary committee that, "he had firsthand knowledge of the sources of information and considered them reliable on the basis of ‘their past record of reliability,’ ” or (4) in camera review of material documenting the investigator’s assessment of the credibility of the confidential informant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Freitas v. Auger

2. “Id. at 502 . 9 .In McCollum the Seventh Circuit has named four ways in which the reliability of an informant may be established: (1) the oath of the investigating officer as to the truth of his report containing confidential information and his appearance before the disciplinary committee ..., (2) corroborating testimony ..., (3) a statement on the record by the chairman of the disciplinary committee that,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Freitas v. Auger

3. “right to present a defense was clearly abridged by his inability to review these statements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young II v. Kann