People v. Brown

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Buckley, J.), rendered March 22, 2004, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prison contraband in the first degree in satisfaction of a two-count indictment and was thereafter sentenced to a prison term of 2x/2 to 5 years. Defendant now appeals contending that the indictment must be dismissed because it was not signed by the grand jury foreperson as required by CPL 200.50 (8).

Initially, we note that because…