Case Name: In the Matter of John J. Hop-Wah, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-02-12
Citations: 69 N.Y.2d 791
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John J. Hop-Wah, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 791–792

Head Matter:
In the Matter of John J. Hop-Wah, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Decided February 12, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
John J. Hop-Wah, appellant pro se.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (O. Peter Sherwood, Peter H. Schiff and Peter G. Crary of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order reversed, without costs, the institutional findings of guilt nullified, and the proceedings expunged from petitioner's records (see, Matter of Davidson v Smith, 69 NY2d 677; People ex rel. Roides v Smith, 67 NY2d 899; Matter of Jones v Smith, 64 NY2d 1003).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.