Legal Opinion
Williams v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 8, 1988PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Mikoll, J.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
Petitioner, an inmate at Wallkill Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was subject to a Superintendent’s proceeding arising from a charge that he acted as an accessory to an assault on another inmate by providing the perpetrator with the weapon used. Petitioner denied the charge, claiming as a defense that he was working in the mess hall until after…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Silva v. ScullyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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