People v. Walnut

Appeal from a *911judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Castellino, J.), rendered December 22, 1995, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of promoting prison contraband in the first degree and assault in the second degree.

While an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County, defendant was indicted for promoting prison contraband in the first degree and assault in the second degree. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of both counts and sentenced, in absentia, as a second felony offender to concurrent prison terms of 3V2 to 7 years on each charge, to…