People v. Rivera

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County (McGill, J.), rendered March 9, 2004, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate, promoting prison contraband in the first degree (two counts) and attempted assault in the third degree.

In October 2002, while incarcerated in the Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, defendant became involved in an altercation with another inmate. As a consequence, a correction officer restrained defendant, at which point he and another officer escorted defendant to…