MATTER OF SANTOS v. COUGHLIN


201 A.D.2d 849 (1994)

608 N.Y.S.2d 337

In the Matter of Henry Santos, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

February 24, 1994


Casey, J.

Petitioner, an inmate at Wallkill Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was found guilty of violating several prison disciplinary rules, including those concerning arson and destruction of property as a result of several fires set in other inmates' cells. The only evidence connecting petitioner to the fires was provided by the facility's Superintendent, who testified about information given to him by a confidential informant. The informant...

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