Taylor v. Barkley

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

Petitioner was found guilty of violating prison package room procedures after a misbehavior report charged him with signing for ánd keeping a package meant for another inmate. Included in the evidence presented at petitioner’s disciplinary hearing was the testimony of the reporting officer and the misbehavior report, setting forth, inter alia, prior…