McAllister 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.

Petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with soliciting *830goods and services, providing unauthorized legal assistance and engaging in the unauthorized exchange of property. The charges stem from a search of his cell which uncovered various documents, including cancelled disbursement forms made out to another inmate’s relatives. During the ensuing…