People v. Simms
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Defendant, at the time an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility, was convicted of promoting prison contraband in the first degree arising from his possession of a sharpened metal shank. On this appeal, he contends that he could not be convicted of this crime because the Penal Law defines contraband as “any article or thing which a person confined in a detention facility is prohibited from obtaining or possessing by statute, rule, regulation or order” (Penal Law § 205.00 [3]), and no valid rule or regulation prohibiting such articles was filed with the Secretary of State. Our recent decision…
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