Jackson v. Poole

—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 Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from possessing controlled substances after a routine search of his cell divulged a bag containing a green leafy substance subsequently identified by laboratory testing as marihuana. Two pipes and the barrel of a pen were also found in…