People v. Sylvester

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (Berke, J.), rendered March 29, 2006, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

In November 2004, defendant’s husband, an inmate at Great *1262Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County, was discovered in the possession of a cellular phone. During the ensuing investigation, defendant gave a statement to investigators for the Department of Correctional Services in which she admitted to secreting three cell phones, along with chargers and headsets, in a…