MATTER OF HOP WAH v. COUGHLIN


153 A.D.2d 999 (1989)

In the Matter of John J. Hop Wah, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent

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

September 28, 1989


Yesawich, Jr., J.

Correction officers at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County observed petitioner, an inmate, acting oddly, as if in a drug-intoxicated state. As a result of these observations, petitioner's urine sample was obtained and tested and traces of cannabinoid, a controlled substance, were found. Following a Tier III Superintendent's hearing, at which petitioner maintained the incriminating test results were the product of his...

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