On July 20, 1987, petitioner, an inmate at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, was burning incense in his cell when a correction officer ordered that petitioner be searched, based upon his knowledge that incense is often used to mask the odor of drug use. The strip frisk revealed a small cigarette-like object hidden in petitioner's sock. The contents
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