People v. Ball

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (McKeighan, J.), rendered June 15, 2012, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant, an inmate, testified in a criminal case brought against another inmate that he, and not the inmate on trial, was the individual who had possessed certain improvised weapons at the correctional facility where they were housed. As a result of defendant’s testimony, the other inmate was acquitted of the charges against him, and defendant was then charged by…