ALSTON v. GREAT MEADOW CORR. FACILITY


252 A.D.2d 697 (1998)

675 N.Y.S.2d 414

In the Matter of Rodney Alston, Petitioner, v. Great Meadow Correctional Facility et al., Respondents

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

July 9, 1998


Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits the possession of a controlled substance after a correction officer observed him accepting an object from another inmate and discovered a quantity of marihuana inside his clothing. Initially, we reject petitioner's contention that the misspelling of his name rendered the misbehavior report defective. The report contained petitioner's correct cell...

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