Delgado v. Coombe

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 which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was observed placing an object under a box in the recreation yard which was later recovered by correction officers and discovered to be a metal shank. He was subsequently found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from possessing contraband. Petitioner argues that this determination should be annulled…