MATTER OF OTERO v. COUGHLIN


225 A.D.2d 841 (1996)

638 N.Y.S.2d 824

In the Matter of Johnny Otero, 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.

March 7, 1996


Mercure, J.

We reject the contention that there was not substantial evidence in the record to support the determination that petitioner was guilty of violating a number of prison disciplinary rules as the result of his knife attack on a fellow inmate at a State correctional facility. Fundamentally, a prison disciplinary determination may be predicated upon testimony given by a confidential informant, even though the inmate has not been permitted access...

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