Taylor v. Poole

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting possession of a controlled substance, destruction of state property and smuggling after a surveillance video showed him using a dragline to pass an envelope from his cell to that of another inmate. The envelope, which contained two packets of a brown substance, was confiscated, and subsequent laboratory testing identified the substance as heroin. Respondent concedes, and our review of the record confirms, that there is insufficient evidence to support that part of the determination finding petitioner guilty of…