MATTER OF FRANCOIS v. GOORD


275 A.D.2d 852 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 230

In the Matter of NELSON FRANCOIS, 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 September 21, 2000.


Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit possession of a controlled substance* and possession of a weapon. Contrary to petitioner's assertion, the misbehavior report, written by the correction officer who discovered two handmade weapons secreted in petitioner's mattress during a cell search, provides substantial evidence to support petitioner's guilt with respect...

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