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MATTER OF HUGGINS v. COUGHLIN

76 N.Y.2d 904 (1990)

In the Matter of Samuel Huggins, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Murtagh-Monks and David C. Leven for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Martin A. Hotvet, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

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

MEMORANDUM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

We affirm for the reasons stated at the Appellate Division (155 A.D.2d 844). We agree with the Appellate Division that in the context of a prison disciplinary proceeding in which the prisoner's mental state is at issue, a Hearing Officer is required to consider evidence regarding the prisoner's...

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