After a correction officer found heroin in petitioner's room, he was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule. His administrative appeal was unsuccessful, and this CPLR article 78 proceeding ensued.
We annul. Petitioner requested the testimony of three witnesses who shared a room with him. The Hearing Officer stated that inmate refusal forms for all three had been signed by the employee assistant, but not by the inmates, and that no explanations were given...
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