People v. Pagan

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Greene County (Fromer, J.), rendered October 13, 1987, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree.

Defendant, an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County, was convicted of assault in the second degree based upon a physical altercation with another inmate (hereinafter the victim) at the facility in July 1986. At trial Correction Officer John Severence testified that on the day in question he was escorting a group of inmates to the mess hall when he observed defendant rush toward the victim,…