Thomas v. Bennett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Chemung County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
Following a tier III hearing, petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of possessing a weapon after a plexiglass shank was found in his cell during a search. The misbehavior report and the testimony of the correction officer who authored the report and found the weapon constitute substantial evidence of petitioner’s…
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