# Dukes v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · March 1, 1991 · 576 So. 2d 683

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7590107

## Case

- **Full name:** Oscar Dukes v. State.
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** March 1, 1991
- **Citations:** 576 So. 2d 683; 1991 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 173; 1991 WL 44550
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Bowen
- **Judges:** Tyson, Bowen
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

BOWEN, Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur in the holding of the majority that work release does not constitute a “liberty” interest entitling the inmate to a due process hearing in connection with the removal from work release. That is exactly what I argued in my dissent in Edwards v. State, 461 So.2d 39, 41 (Ala.Cr.App.1984).
To the extent that Edwards supports the incorrect proposition that work release does create a liberty interest, it must be overruled and not “overruled” as the majority indicates.

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