MATTER OF WIGGINS v. COOMBE


232 A.D.2d 700 (1996)

648 N.Y.S.2d 711

In the Matter of Jesse Wiggins, Petitioner, v. Philip Coombe, Jr., as Commissioner of The State of New York Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

October 10, 1996


Petitioner was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting the use of narcotics and controlled substances after urinalysis tests indicated that he had ingested marihuana. Petitioner challenges this determination, contending that it was not based upon substantial evidence. We disagree. Adduced in evidence at the disciplinary hearing were the misbehavior report, the testimony of the correction officer who performed one of the two urinalysis tests and the...

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