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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

68 N.Y.2d 923 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Alfredo Lewis, Defendant. Alfredo Lewis, Respondent, v. Commissioner of Department of Correctional Services of the State of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Esther Furman, O. Peter Sherwood and Howard L. Zwickel of counsel), for appellant.

Alan E. Kudisch for respondent.

Arnold S. Cohen and Caesar D. Cirigliano for Legal Aid Society and another, amici curiae.

Janet Packard, Michael Raskin, Robert Selcov, Stephen M. Latimer and David C. Leven for Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Plaintiff, a convicted felon, challenges as a violation of his First Amendment rights the application to him of defendant's directive requiring that male prisoners receive an initial haircut. Plaintiff is an avowed Rastafarian, wears his hair in dreadlocks, and has not cut his hair for 20 or more years. It is undisputed that he is sincere in his beliefs...

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