McNair v. Goord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

McNair v. Goord

265 A.D.2d 716, 697 N.Y.S.2d 183, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10698

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedOctober 21, 1999

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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McNair v. Goord, 265 A.D.2d 716, 697 N.Y.S.2d 183, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10698 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1999).

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

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of lewd exposure in violation of a prison disciplinary rule after a correction officer witnessed petitioner masturbating in his cell. Contrary to petitioner’s assertion, the misbehavior report, together with the testimony of the correction officer who authored the misbehavior report after observing petitioner’s conduct, provides substantial evidence of petitioner’s guilt (see, Matter of Reynoso v Goord, 257 AD2d 921, lv denied 93 NY2d 806). Petitioner’s exculpatory explanation, that he was merely applying medicine due to a medical condition, presented a credibility issue for resolution by the Hearing Officer (see, Matter of Burgos v Commissioner of N. Y. State Dept. of Correctional Servs., 252 AD2d 698). Furthermore, we reject petitioner’s allegation of Hearing Officer bias, as the record fails to establish that the outcome of the hearing flowed from any bias.

Mikoll, J. P., Yesawich Jr., Peters, Carpinello and Graffeo, JJ., concur. Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.

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

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of lewd exposure in violation of a prison disciplinary rule after a correction officer witnessed petitioner masturbating in his cell. Contrary to petitioner’s assertion, the misbehavior report, together with the testimony of the correction officer who authored the misbehavior report after observing petitioner’s conduct, provides substantial evidence of petitioner’s guilt (see, Matter of Reynoso v Goord, 257 AD2d 921, lv denied 93 NY2d 806). Petitioner’s exculpatory explanation, that he was merely applying medicine due to a medical condition, presented a credibility issue for resolution by the Hearing Officer (see, Matter of Burgos v Commissioner of N. Y. State Dept. of Correctional Servs., 252 AD2d 698). Furthermore, we reject petitioner’s allegation of Hearing Officer bias, as the record fails to establish that the outcome of the hearing flowed from any bias.

Mikoll, J. P., Yesawich Jr., Peters, Carpinello and Graffeo, JJ., concur. Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.

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265 A.D.2d 716, 697 N.Y.S.2d 183, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10698, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/mcnair-v-goord-nyappdiv-1999.

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