People v. Torres

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County (Lewis, J.), rendered December 11, 1991, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of assault in the second degree, attempted assault in the second degree (two counts), promoting prison contraband in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

On April 19, 1989, while an inmate in the special housing unit for prisoners with disciplinary problems at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, defendant attacked several guards with a homemade sharpened metal rod. The attack occurred as…