MATTER OF OLIVER v. KELLY


125 A.D.2d 947 (1986)

In the Matter of William Oliver, Respondent, v. Walter R. Kelly, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

December 19, 1986


Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law, and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Contrary to the court's assumption, Matter of Coleman v Coombe (65 N.Y.2d 777) does not require a Hearing Officer to call character witnesses to testify on an inmate's behalf at disciplinary hearings.

In balancing the State's considerable interest in the speedy resolution of disciplinary matters with the interest of the prisoner and in light of...

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