Billings v. County of St. Lawrence

— Harvey, J.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in St. Lawrence County) to review a determination of respondents which terminated petitioner’s employment as a Deputy Sheriff.

Petitioner was a Deputy Sheriff employed by the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department. His duties included serving as a correction officer at the county correctional facility. During the course of his duties, he delivered a package of tobacco to an inmate. There was testimony that, when delivering the tobacco, petitioner unzipped his pants, inserted…