Crandall v. Goord

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, challenges the determination finding him guilty of possessing contraband classified as a weapon. The charges stemmed from a manila envelope found, which petitioner admitted belonged to him, containing a razor-type weapon. The misbehavior report, authored by a correction officer who witnessed the event, together with the testimony…