Salmon v. Coughlin

Petitioner, a prisoner at Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was charged in a misbehavior report with violating an institutional rule which prohibits inmates from possession of controlled substances. The report was based on a random frisk conducted at the yard gate by Correction Officer W. Young, who authored the report. The frisk of petitioner revealed "what was believed to be (7) seven rolled marijuana cigarettes” in petitioner’s right sock. Correction Officer L. Distel performed two NIK* tests, both of which identified the substance in the cigarettes as marihuana. Based on the…