Giano v. Coughlin

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton 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 after a Superintendent’s hearing of violating a rule prohibiting possession of any item of contraband that may be classified as a weapon. Evidence of petitioner’s possession of the blade of an "Exacto” knife in his cell provides substantial evidence to support the Commissioner’s determination.

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