People v. Harris

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Monroe, J.), rendered August 27, 1982, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted murder in the second degree.

On May 3, 1982, defendant was seen outside the Chemung *475County Sheriffs office with a knife in his hand. Investigator Daniel O’Brien ordered him to drop the knife and place his hands against a wall. Defendant complied and said, "Yes, yeah, I stabbed her. She wouldn’t give me my food stamps.” A welfare fraud investigator who was present told O’Brien that defendant had stabbed a girl at the…