Adams v. Coughlin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Adams v. Coughlin

202 A.D.2d 1055, 609 N.Y.S.2d 461, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3472

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided March 11, 1994·Published·Cited by 6 cases

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Determination unanimously annulled on the law and petition granted in accordance with the following Memorandum: At petitioner’s Tier III prison disciplinary hearing, the Hearing Officer erred in refusing petitioner’s request that a prison employee be called as a witness. Petitioner sought the employee’s testimony in support of his defense that the charges against petitioner were filed as a retaliatory measure or as harassment concerning his participation on the Inmate Grievance Resolution Committee. That testimony was relevant to his defense and to the question of the veracity of the charges against him (see, Matter of Wilson v Coughlin, 186 AD2d 1090; Matter of Martin v Coughlin, 90 AD2d 946). The determination is annulled, the petition is granted, and we direct respondent to expunge all references to this incident from petitioner’s record. (Article 78 Proceeding Transferred by Order of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, Dadd, J.) Present — Green, J. P., Balio, Fallon, Callahan and Boehm, JJ.

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Determination unanimously annulled on the law and petition granted in accordance with the following Memorandum: At petitioner’s Tier III prison disciplinary hearing, the Hearing Officer erred in refusing petitioner’s request that a prison employee be called as a witness. Petitioner sought the employee’s testimony in support of his defense that the charges against petitioner were filed as a retaliatory measure or as harassment concerning his participation on the Inmate Grievance Resolution Committee. That testimony was relevant to his defense and to the question of the veracity of the charges against him (see, Matter of Wilson v Coughlin, 186 AD2d 1090; Matter of Martin v Coughlin, 90 AD2d 946). The determination is annulled, the petition is granted, and we direct respondent to expunge all references to this incident from petitioner’s record. (Article 78 Proceeding Transferred by Order of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, Dadd, J.) Present — Green, J. P., Balio, Fallon, Callahan and Boehm, JJ.

Adams v. Coughlin, 202 A.D.2d 1055, 609 N.Y.S.2d 461, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3472 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1994).

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