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MATTER OF AYERS v. COUGHLIN

72 N.Y.2d 346 (1988)

In the Matter of James R. Ayers, Sr., as Sheriff of Tioga County, et al., Appellants, v. Thomas Coughlin, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Mitchell and Peter R. Kehoe for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert H. Cabble, O. Peter Sherwood, Lawrence S. Kahn, Barbara B. Butler and Frederic L. Lieberman of counsel), for respondents.

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

KAYE, J.

Under New York's bipartite corrections system, individuals ultimately subject to State custody may initially be confined in county jails, to be transferred to State correctional facilities after conviction and sentencing. This appeal focuses on the point when the State must accept State prisoners from county jails. In a situation where State and county correction...

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