Brady v. Connelie

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Superintendent of the Division of State Police which dismissed petitioner from the Division of State Police.

The questions presented on this appeal are: (1) whether the penalty of dismissal was so disproportionate to charges proven as to be shocking to one’s sense of fairness; and (2) whether the composition and designation of the hearing board violated petitioner’s constitutional rights, since respondent Superintendent of…