People v. McDermott

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), rendered August 12, 1985, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant, then an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility, was charged with promoting prison contraband in the first degree based on allegations that he possessed a homemade weapon. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree. Defendant now appeals.

Defendant’s guilty plea operates as a waiver of his claim that the…