People v. Sims

Appeal from a judg*759ment of the County Court of Washington County (Berke, J.), rendered April 19, 1996, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant, an inmate at a State correctional facility, was indicted for the crime of promoting prison contraband in the first degree. He subsequently entered a counseled Alford plea of guilty to the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree and was sentenced as a second felony offender to a prison term of 1½ to 3 years to run consecutively with the…