People v. Rison

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), rendered January 25, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree.

Defendant was charged with assault in the second degree as a result of an altercation with a correction officer who was attempting to remove him from his prison cell. Defendant interposed the defense of legal insanity but was found guilty of the charged crime after a jury trial.

Defendant now contends that his conviction should be reversed because of prosecutorial misconduct, which is posited on an isolated…