People v. Rosario

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Castellino, J.), rendered October 31, 1997, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

While incarcerated at Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County, defendant activated a hand-held metal detector while being randomly frisked by a correction officer. The correction officer immediately conducted a strip search of defendant’s person which disclosed that he had secreted in his anal cavity a single-edged razor blade, wrapped in cardboard, secured with electrical tape and…