Hicks 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 violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit solicitation and conspiracy to introduce narcotics into the correctional facility. The charges arose from the arrest of petitioner’s girlfriend after she surrendered a quantity of green leafy substance, later confirmed to be marihuana, prior to her…