Legal Opinion
Otero v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 7, 1996PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Mercure, J.
We reject the contention that there was not substantial evidence in the record to support the determination that petitioner was guilty of violating a number of prison disciplinary rules as the result of his knife attack on a fellow inmate at a State correctional facility. Fundamentally, a prison disciplinary determination may be predicated upon testimony given by a confidential informant, even though the inmate has not been permitted access to it (see, Matter of Abdur-Raheem v Mann, 85 NY2d 113, 119; Matter of Vogelsang v Coombe, 66 NY2d 835, affg 105 AD2d 913), so long as the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- MTR. OF ABDUR-RAHEEM v. MannNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Vogelsang v. CoombeNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Vogelsang v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Hazel v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Holmes v. SenkowskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Kemp v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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