MATTER OF WONG v. COUGHLIN


138 A.D.2d 899 (1988)

In the Matter of David Wong, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

March 31, 1988


Yesawich, Jr., J.

On March 12, 1986, from a watchtower at Clinton Correctional Facility, Correction Officer R. La Pierre saw petitioner, an inmate in the north yard, shove another inmate in the neck and back area; the latter then slumped to the ground. The officer, using binoculars, then identified petitioner as the attacker. Further investigation disclosed that the victim had been stabbed. An inmate misbehavior report was filed and a Superintendent's...

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