Shorter v. Prack

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) *1179to review a determination of the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

During a search of petitioner’s “hot” locker, a correction officer found a cigarette that had been altered, which was located inside a glove in the pocket of a jacket. The officer broke open the cigarette and found that the tobacco appeared to have been mixed with another brown leafy substance. The mixture was…