People v. Castro

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), rendered February 26, 1990, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant’s only contention on appeal is that County Court should have granted his motion to withdraw his guilty plea in light of his assertion that he possessed the weapon to defend himself. When County Court learned in the course of the initial plea proceedings that defendant had not discussed the possibility of a justification defense with defense counsel, the…