DocketNumber: 6 Div. 964
Citation Numbers: 487 So. 2d 1391
Judges: Patterson
Filed Date: 4/8/1986
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/29/2022
Newton appeals the summary dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, which was dismissed upon the State’s motion. In his petition, Newton alleged that he had been denied procedural due process in a prison disciplinary proceeding which resulted in the loss of thirty days’ store and visitation privileges and in the imposition of twenty-one days of disciplinary segregation.
We express no opinion on the merits of Newton’s claim,
AFFIRMED.
. We note that the trial court granted the State’s motion to dismiss on the ground that Newton failed to allege any existing liberty interest as a result of the disciplinary pending. However, as indicated in the cases cited by the attorney general in his "Motion for Leave to Decline to File a Brief,” Newton did allege denial of a liberty interest. See, e.g., Richie v. State, 481 So.2d 454 (Ala.Cr.App.1985); Summerford v. State, 466 So.2d 182 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). However, "[i]f the ruling of the trial court is correct for any reason, it will not be reversed.” Mead v. State, 449 So.2d 1279, 1280 (Ala.Cr.App.1984) (quoting Collier v. State, 413 So.2d 396, 403 (Ala.Cr.App.1981), aff’d on other grounds, 413 So.2d 403 (Ala.1982)).