MATTER OF PHELPS v. PINKNEY


198 A.D.2d 772 (1993)

604 N.Y.S.2d 368

In the Matter of Daniel R. Phelps, Appellant, v. Peter Pinkney, as Sheriff of Cayuga County, Respondent

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

November 19, 1993


Judgment modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: We modify the judgment to grant the petition insofar as it seeks to annul respondent Sheriff's policies denying petitioner, a Baptist minister of the gospel, access to a Bible for use during his visitations with prisoners at the Cayuga County Jail and precluding him from holding confidential consultations with those prisoners. Respondent concedes that petitioner...

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