People v. Griffith

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Trial Term (Smyk, J.), rendered May 12, 1981 in Chemung County, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree. Defendant was indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree for stabbing a fellow inmate at the Elmira Correctional Facility. The stabbing occurred on August 13, 1980 at about 10:30 a.m. Immediately taken to the Arnot Ogden Hospital for treatment, the victim was later returned to the correctional facility hospital. As the result of the stab wounds, the victim, whose name was…