Legal Opinion
Torres v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 16, 1995PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, J.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
At issue in this proceeding is whether the fact that a weapon was found hidden in a chair in the living area assigned to petitioner is sufficient to give rise to a reasonable inference that petitioner possessed the weapon. In Matter of Varela v Coughlin (203 AD2d 630) we recognized that the authority of the Commissioner of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Varela v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Mabery v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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