MATTER OF FOLK v. COOMBE


232 A.D.2d 683 (1996)

647 N.Y.S.2d 1014

In the Matter of Wattie Folk, Petitioner, v. Philip Coombe, Jr., as Acting Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent

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

October 10, 1996


After a strip search disclosed that he had secreted a sharpened metal bolt in his anus, petitioner was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule which prohibits inmates from possessing any item of contraband that might be classified as a weapon. Petitioner challenges this determination, contending that it was not based upon substantial evidence. We disagree.

Adduced in evidence at the disciplinary hearing was the testimony of the two correction officers...

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