After a jury trial, defendant, an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility, was convicted of promoting prison contraband in the first degree as the result of his possession of a 13-inch metal rod with a sharpened end called a "shank". On appeal, he contends: that the failure to disclose the names and addresses of all potential prosecution witnesses violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel; that section 205.25 of the Penal Law, promoting prison contraband in the first degree...
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