MATTER OF VASQUEZ v. GOORD


263 A.D.2d 819 (1999)

694 N.Y.S.2d 799

In the Matter of JOSE VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of 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 July 22, 1999.


Cardona, P. J.

After conducting a search of petitioner's cell, correction officers found two weapons secreted in the baseboard behind the radiator. Following a tier III hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from possessing weapons. In our view, the detailed misbehavior report provides substantial evidence supporting the determination of petitioner's guilt (see, Matter of Foster v Coughlin,

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