People v. Hilliard

Kane, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered June 11, 1986, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree.

Defendant was an inmate at Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County confined to the special housing unit. On each *886occasion when he was outside his cell, he was placed in handcuffs. On August 5, 1985, he was being escorted back to his cell by Correction Officer Gerhardt Krein after receiving a haircut. On the way to defendant’s cell, the two men bumped into each other as Krein waited for defendant to…