Matter of Cross v. Annucci

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 certain prison disciplinary rules.

During an inspection of a trailer that had just been used by petitioner as part of the family reunion program, two balls of aluminum foil were discovered, each of which contained several white tablets that were later identified as acetaminophen and hydrocodone. As a result, petitioner was charged in two misbehavior reports with possessing unauthorized…