People v. Brook

— Mercure, J.

On the morning of June 18, 1986 two Clinton Correctional Facility inmates became involved in a fight. One stabbed the other several times with a homemade knife consisting of a sharpened steel rod with a shoelace wrapped around one end to form a handle and strap. As a result of this incident, a Grand Jury returned an indictment charging defendant with the crimes of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty as charged in the indictment and was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment…