People v. Wright

—Spain, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (LaBuda, J.), rendered August 25, 1999, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant was charged in a two-count indictment with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law § 265.01 [2]; § 265.02 [1]) and promoting prison contraband in the first degree (Penal Law § 205.25 [2]) based on the discovery of a razor blade wrapped in electrical tape secreted between his buttocks while incarcerated at the Sullivan Correctional *884Facility in Sullivan…