People v. West

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Castellino, J.), rendered June 24, 1988, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant was indicted for promoting prison contraband in the first degree. He pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree. He was sentenced as a second felony offender to a prison term of 1V2 to 3 years.

On this appeal, defendant challenges the procedure by which he was found guilty as a second felony offender. The…