People v. Brown

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Monroe, J.), rendered April 2,1982, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant, an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility was observed to be in possession of a weapon, a homemade sharpened steel shank in excess of six inches in length. Thereafter, he was indicted for promoting prison contraband in the first degree, a *842class D felony. When the case was marked ready for trial, defense counsel announced to the court that, as a result of plea…