MATTER OF BURGESS v. GOORD


294 A.D.2d 746 (2002)

741 N.Y.S.2d 757

In the Matter of HERBERT BURGESS, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent.

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

Decided May 16, 2002.


Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit unhygienic acts and noncompliance with facility correspondence regulations. The misbehavior report relates that in the course of an authorized mail watch, a letter came to light that petitioner had written to a female correspondent. In it, petitioner wrote, "I've enclosed a special gift for you, Beloved. This time the cloth, which is a piece of my underwear, has about ten loads on it." In...

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