People v. McDermott

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of County Court should be affirmed.

Defendant, a correction officer at Elmira Correctional Facility, appeals from an order of County Court reinstating an information charging him with promoting prison contraband in the second degree by knowingly and intentionally selling whiskey to an inmate (see, Penal Law § 205.20 [1]). The Legis*890lature has specified that contraband is "any article or thing which a person confined in a detention facility is prohibited from obtaining or possessing by statute, rule, regulation or order” (Penal Law § 205.00 [3]). Thus, to…