Legal Opinion

Polanco v. Coughlin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 30, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Chemung County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

The misbehavior reports in this case, authored by a correction officer who had first-hand knowledge of the violations at issue, as well as the testimony of the correction officer, provide substantial evidence to support the charges against petitioner (see, Matter of Bernacet v Coughlin, 145 AD2d 802, lv denied 74 NY2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bernacet v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. Young v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. Peart v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Nelson v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. Baez v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. Encarnacion v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Robles v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  5. Rocha v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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