Legal Opinion

People v. Harris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 17, 1975PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWither, J.

The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the People have proved beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant possessed the drug for the possession of which he has been convicted.

Acting upon a search warrant on July 7, 1972 officers searched the third (attic) floor of a dwelling at No. 337 Tenth Street in the City of Niagara Falls and arrested defendant who was occupying one of the bedrooms in the front of the house on that floor. He was in fact the only occupant on that floor. Behind the bedrooms toward the rear of the house was attic storage space. The officers charged…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. BenzingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. People v. ReismanNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. People v. CleagueNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. People v. ReginaNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
  5. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1954

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. SaccoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  2. People v. RobinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1978
  3. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  4. People v. TaggartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  5. People v. HarveyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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