Legal Opinion

People v. Harris

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

Decided May 14, 2014PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Demarest, J.), rendered March 17, 2005, convicting him of bribing a witness (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant stands convicted of three counts of bribing a witness for conduct aimed at convincing three teenage girls to recant their statements identifying his brother, Wesley Sykes, as the man who shot and killed Dennis Brown in a park in Brooklyn. The primary issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court’s evidentiary rulings, which…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  4. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  5. People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. People v. WisdomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
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  3. People v. MoralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  4. People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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