Hand v. Greene

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

Petitioner, an inmate, was charged with various crimes related to having conspired from prison to murder a witness who had testified against him in relation to his underlying conviction. He ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the second degree, a felony. As a result, petitioner was found guilty after an April…