Linyear v. Goord

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Greene County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of the charge of possession of a weapon as a result of a cube search in which a weapon was found inside a shirt located on petitioner’s bed. While petitioner asserts that other inmates had access to the area where the weapon was found, this is insufficient to negate the inference of petitioner’s possession given the…