Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 20, 1997 (People v. Russell)

Mercure, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Main, Jr., J.), rendered June 24, 1996, convicting defendant *842upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

While an inmate at Franklin Correctional Facility in Franklin County, defendant was found to be in possession of a metal shank.