People v. Chambers

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Monroe, J.), rendered October 21,1983, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted assault in the second degree.

On the morning of February 9, 1983, the correction officer engaged in unlocking cells on a cell block at Elmira Correctional Facility was confronted by defendant running toward him carrying a metal object in his hand. With the assistance of another correction officer, defendant was restrained. Immediately thereafter, prison officials learned that defendant had stabbed another inmate with the…