Defendant, an inmate at the Elmira Correctional Facility, was involved in an altercation with a correction officer while being escorted from the special housing unit to the package room. As a result, defendant was indicted and convicted of assault in the second degree (Penal Law, § 120.05, subd 3), and was sentenced to a consecutive term of 3½ to 7 years. This appeal ensued. Defendant contends that the court erred in failing to charge self-defense (see People...
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