Smith v. Coughlin

— 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.

Although petitioner contended at the hearing that he never received a copy of the State-wide manual on standards of inmate behavior (see, Correction Law § 138 [2], [5]), he admitted that upon entry to the prison facility he signed a slip stating that he had received a copy of the manual. This issue essentially presented a question of credibility and the…