PEOPLE v. CHEEKS


113 A.D.2d 974 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leon Cheeks, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

September 12, 1985


Main, J.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of promoting prison contraband in the first degree while he was an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility. The contraband in question was the metal razor blade portion of a disposable shaving razor which had been allocated to defendant by prison authorities. Defendant admits that he disassembled the disposable razor, keeping therefrom only the blade, which he had between his front teeth when he was...

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