Jones v. Goord

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.

Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance, smuggling and refusing a direct order. As set forth in the misbehavior report, petitioner, during a strip search, removed an object from his underwear and, when a correction officer ordered him to drop it, he attempted to place the object in his…