People v. Yopp

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Greene County, rendered December 27, 1977, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree. While defendant was confined to the Coxsackie Vocational Institute, a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correctional Services, he and his codefendant, one Prince Brannon, were charged with assaulting a correction officer. The incident that provided the basis for this charge occurred in a recreation room at the facility on January 19, 1977. Brannon pleaded guilty prior to defendant’s trial, but did not…