Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Lee A. Davis David C. Leven for Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Martin A. Hotvet, O. Peter Sherwood Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of JAMES WATSON, Appellant, v. THOMAS A. COUGHLIN, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Ser Order affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 132 A.D.2d 831). Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.