MATTER OF COVINGTON v. GOORD


262 A.D.2d 803 (1999)

693 N.Y.S.2d 250

In the Matter of RONNIE COVINGTON, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, 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.

Decided June 17, 1999.


Graffeo, J.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits possession of a weapon. Evidence presented at petitioner's tier III disciplinary hearing included the misbehavior report, authored by a civilian electrician who had been repairing the light fixture in petitioner's cell when he found a concealed nine-inch-long sharpened metal rod in the fixture housing. The misbehavior report was consistent with the electrician...

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