People ex rel. Vega v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kaye, J.

These six appeals involving prison disciplinary hearings put before us the question whether, consistent with the State law requirement of "substantial evidence” for administrative determinations and the Federal constitutional requirement of due process, written misbehavior reports can serve as the evidentiary basis for determinations that inmates violated institutional rules. We answer that question in the affirmative. In the circumstances presented, the disciplinary determinations satisfy both State and Federal requirements.

The facts with respect to the six…