Baldwin v. Goord

—Proceed*692ing 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.

Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule which prohibits inmates from possessing weapons after petitioner was found in possession of a net bag containing three shank-type weapons. Petitioner’s guilt was affirmed upon administrative appeal, although the penalty was reduced,…