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In the Matter of Adams v. Goord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 4, 2003
2 A.D.3d 927 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

93367.

Decided and Entered: December 4, 2003.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Alah Adams, Marcy, petitioner pro se.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Andrea Oser of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Mercure, J.P., Spain, Rose, Lahtinen and Kane, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting the unauthorized use of a controlled substance. The misbehavior report, testimony at the hearing and two positive test results indicating the presence of cannibinoids provide substantial evidence to support the determination of guilt (see Matter of Dziedzic v. Goord, 305 A.D.2d 826). We reject petitioner's assertion that any errors in filling out the test forms requires annulment of the determination. The correction officer who conducted the urinalysis tests sufficiently explained the errors and testified that the integrity of the tests were not undermined by failing to check the boxes indicting whether the temperature in the room was within an acceptable range or if "adequate separations" of calibration rates were achieved (see Matter of Hilts v. Selsky, 303 A.D.2d 809, lv denied 100 N.Y.2d 509;Matter of Samuel v. Goord, 277 A.D.2d 584). Significantly, such information could be gleaned from the daily work sheet and calibration slips which were provided to petitioner. Petitioner's remaining contentions have been reviewed and found to be either without merit or unpreserved for our review.

Mercure, J.P., Spain, Rose, Lahtinen and Kane, JJ., concur.

ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.


Summaries of

In the Matter of Adams v. Goord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 4, 2003
2 A.D.3d 927 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

In the Matter of Adams v. Goord

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF ALAH ADAMS, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Dec 4, 2003

Citations

2 A.D.3d 927 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
767 N.Y.S.2d 703

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