McDowell v. Coughlin

—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 Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

As the result of the discovery of a razor blade in petitioner’s cell, he was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from possessing a weapon. In support of *916his challenge to this determination, petitioner contends that the misbehavior report did not adequately apprise him of the charges…