People v. Ferrer

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Mathews, J.), rendered January 30, 2003, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of promoting prison contraband in the first degree (two counts).

In May 2002, defendant, an inmate at the Broome County jail, was issued a double-blade razor and shaving cream. Shortly thereafter, a correction officer retrieved the razor and observed that one of the blades was missing. The officer demanded that defendant return the missing blade, which defendant did. Thereafter, in August 2002, defendant was the subject of a strip…