Amadeo v. Goord

In response to confidential information received from two separate sources, petitioner’s cube was packed up and frisked, during the course of which a correction officer found two sharpened pieces of metal secreted in the leg of a chair determined to belong to petitioner. As a result, petitioner was charged with, insofar as is relevant to this proceeding, possession of a weapon. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of the weapon charge and a penalty was imposed. Although the penalty was modified upon administrative appeal, the underlying determination was…