Legal Opinion
Huggins v. Coughlin
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 16, 1990PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.
We affirm for the reasons stated at the Appellate Division (155 AD2d 844). We agree with the Appellate Division that in the context of a prison disciplinary proceeding in which the prisoner’s mental state is at issue, a Hearing Officer is required to consider evidence regarding the prisoner’s mental condition (see, e.g., People ex rel. Gittens v Coughlin, 143 Misc 2d 748; People ex rel. Reed v Scully, 140 Misc 2d 379; Matter of Batthany v Scully, 139 Misc 2d 605). It is clear from the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Huggins v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People ex rel. Reed v. ScullyNew York Supreme Court · 1988
- Batthany v. ScullyNew York Supreme Court · 1988
- People ex rel. Gittens v. CoughlinNew York Supreme Court · 1989
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