Legal Opinion
Sweeter v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 9, 1995PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Spain, J.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Washington County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
After a search of petitioner’s prison cube revealed various sheets of paper which were classified as football gambling paraphernalia, petitioner was charged accordingly in a misbehavior report. In his disciplinary hearing, petitioner conceded that the papers were his but contended that they did not relate to…
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- Hernandez v. LeFevreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Luna v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Bostic v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Tankleff v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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