MATTER OF JOHNSON v. GOORD


260 A.D.2d 816 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 279

In the Matter of KERWIN JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 15, 1999.


Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits inmates from possessing unauthorized organizational material after a search of his cell uncovered a pamphlet from the "Black Liberation Army", which promotes armed conflict to abolish the current system of government and its institutions, including prisons.1 Petitioner challenges the determination of his guilt alleging...

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