Edmonson v. Coombe

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 a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was found guilty of possessing a weapon in violation of prison disciplinary rules after X rays revealed a utility-type razor concealed inside his rectal cavity. The penalty imposed consistéd of 18 months’ confinement in the special housing unit, with seven months suspended, and the loss of certain privileges. We reject the contention that the hearing…