Butler v. Goord

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton 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 possessing money in violation of a prison disciplinary rule after a $5 bill was found in his eyeglass case. According to the misbehavior report, the money was discovered while his belongings were being packed in connection with a cell move. While petitioner denied that the money was his and claimed that the money…