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MATTER OF TORRES v. COUGHLIN

213 A.D.2d 861 (1995)

624 N.Y.S.2d 67

In the Matter of Raul Torres, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of The New York Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

March 16, 1995

Casey, J.

At issue in this proceeding is whether the fact that a weapon was found hidden in a chair in the living area assigned to petitioner is sufficient to give rise to a reasonable inference that petitioner possessed the weapon. In Matter of Varela v Coughlin (203 A.D.2d 630) we recognized that the authority of the Commissioner of Correctional Services to draw reasonable inferences from evidence in the record...

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