MATTER OF BROWN v. COUGHLIN


182 A.D.2d 885 (1992)

In the Matter of Rodney Brown, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 2, 1992


Although petitioner claimed that the marihuana found in his cell was not his, he admitted that he had been in the cell for five months and that the rolling papers found along with the marihuana did belong to him. As to the weapons charge, he admitted that he altered the razors although he claimed that he did so to improve his shave. This testimony, along with the photographs and test results, constituted substantial evidence to support the determination of guilt (see<...

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