Legal Opinion

Watson v. Coughlin

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

Decided October 11, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review the respondent’s determination dated December 10, 1992, which found the petitioner guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Scarpino, J.), dated April 13, 1993, which dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Hearing Officer permissibly declined to call a certain witness requested by the petitioner during the Tier III hearing (see, Matter of Laureano v Kuhlmann, 75 NY2d 141, 147; see also, Matter of Amaker…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Laureano v. KuhlmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. Hop Wah v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. Comfort v. IrvinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. McGill v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. Amaker v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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