Legal Opinion

Alston v. Great Meadow Correctional Facility

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 9, 1998PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits the possession of a controlled substance after a correction officer observed him accepting an object from *698another inmate and discovered a quantity of marihuana inside his clothing. Initially, we reject petitioner’s contention that the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rivera v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. Moley v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Lashway v. KuhlmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  4. Patterson v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. Sanchez v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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