Case Name: In the Matter of Thomas A. Wawrzonek, Petitioner, v. Louis J. Frank, as Commissioner of Police of the County of Nassau, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-04-12
Citations: 52 A.D.2d 608
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Thomas A. Wawrzonek, Petitioner, v Louis J. Frank, as Commissioner of Police of the County of Nassau, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 608–608

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Thomas A. Wawrzonek, Petitioner, v Louis J. Frank, as Commissioner of Police of the County of Nassau, Respondent.

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review respondent's determination, which, after a hearing, found petitioner guilty of certain specifications and fined him a total of 40 days' pay. Determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements. In our view there is substantial evidence to support the specified charges against petitioner. Moreover, we find that the punishment imposed was not "' "so disproportionate to the offense, in the light of all the circumstances, as to be shocking to one's sense of fairness" ' " (see Matter of Pell v Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale & Mamaroneck, 34 NY2d 222, 233). Hopkins, Acting P. J., Margett, Damiani, Rabin and Hawkins, JJ., concur.