Collins v. Coughlin

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Kahn, J.), entered December 11, 1980 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, seeking to annul determinations in two disciplinary proceedings. On March 20, 1980, while an inmate at Ossining Correctional Facility, petitioner was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and contraband in violation of correctional facility disciplinary rules. As a result of such charges, a superintendent’s proceeding was held on March 26,1980, and upon a finding of guilt, punishment…