MATTER OF RUFFIN v. COOMBE


233 A.D.2d 729 (1996)

650 N.Y.S.2d 1012

In the Matter of Maurice Ruffin, Petitioner, v. Philip J. Coombe, Jr., as Acting Commissioner of The Department of Correctional Services, Respondent

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

November 21, 1996


Petitioner was an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County when he was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting assault, violent conduct, disturbance, refusing a direct order and possession of a weapon. The charges arose out of petitioner's participation in a five-man fight, during the course of which he stabbed a fellow inmate twice with an ice-pick type weapon. Petitioner challenges the determination of his guilt on the grounds...

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