Legal Opinion

Afrika v. Edwards

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

Decided April 26, 1990PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Williams, J.), entered August 17, 1989 in Sullivan County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review respondents’ determination finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, an inmate of the Department of Correctional Services, was charged in two separate misbehavior reports with making an obscene gesture, using abusive language and making threats. At the Tier II disciplinary hearing which followed, petitioner pleaded not guilty to all…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Grant v. SenkowskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. Segrue v. City of SchenectadyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  3. Agosto v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. Quinn v. WernerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  5. Wysinger v. ScullyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Barnhill v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. Davis v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. In re Kennedy v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. Greene v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  5. Persing v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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