Case Name: In the Matter of Joseph Tavolino, Petitioner, v. Victor Herbert, as Superintendent of Collins Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-07-15
Citations: 206 A.D.2d 949
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joseph Tavolino, Petitioner, v Victor Herbert, as Superintendent of Collins Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 949–950

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joseph Tavolino, Petitioner, v Victor Herbert, as Superintendent of Collins Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.
[615 NYS2d 189]

Opinion:
Determination unanimously confirmed and petition dismissed. Memorandum: The misbehavior report, which alleged that two successive urine tests performed by different officers on a sample of petitioner's urine were positive for the presence of Benzodiazepine, a controlled substance, constituted substantial evidence to support the Hearing Officer's determination that petitioner violated the inmate rule prohibiting the use of a controlled substance (see, Matter of Lahey v Kelly, 71 NY2d 135, 138). The Hearing Officer was entitled to rely upon hearsay evidence to determine that the prescription medication petitioner was taking would not produce a positive result (see, People ex rel. Vega v Smith, 66 NY2d 130, 139). We have examined the remaining arguments raised by petitioner and find them to be without merit. (Article 78 Proceeding Transferred by Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Howe, J.) Present—Pine, J. P., Lawton, Wesley, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.