Matter of Triggs v. Capra

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Superintendent of Sing Sing Correctional Facility finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

A correction officer searched petitioner’s cell believing that petitioner was in possession of a pair of sneakers that had been worn by a visitor who came to see him. During the search, he recovered an altered heating element, two unauthorized cooking items and a pair of sneakers that purportedly matched the…