Legal Opinion
Arrocha v. Board of Education
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 6, 1999PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
In 1996, petitioner applied for a pedagogical certificate from the Board of Education of the City of New York licensing him to teach high school Spanish in the New York City public school system. In his application, petitioner disclosed that he had been convicted in 1987, at age 36, of criminal sale of a controlled substance (a B felony) for selling a $10 bag of cocaine to an undercover officer, and subsequently served the minimum of a two-to-six-year prison term. As evidence of rehabilitation, petitioner submitted to the Board a certificate of relief from…
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