Legal Opinion
Doe v. Coughlin
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 24, 1987PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Petitioners John and Jane Doe were married June 6, 1985. At the time, John Doe was an inmate of the Auburn Correctional Facility serving a BVz- to 11-year indeterminate sentence. In October 1985 he qualified for participation in the Family Reunion Program and petitioners subsequently were afforded a two-day conjugal visit in a trailer on prison *51grounds. In December 1985 John Doe was diagnosed as suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and respondents, various correction officials, denied petitioners further conjugal visits. Petitioners contend…
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