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People v. Harris

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 4, 1954PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.

On this appeal from a felony murder conviction, the question is as to the sufficiency of the proof. Pointing up that question is an able dissenting opinion in the Appellate Division in which the view is expressed that “ the proof is insufficient to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was the one who strangled the deceased, or that such strangulation occurred during the period between the inception and consummation of the rape (282 App. Div. 156, 160.) On the other hand, the majority opinion in the Appellate Division, with which we agree, carefully analyzed the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. WeissNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
  2. People v. . WillettNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. People v. . PlaceNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  4. People v. TaddioNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
  5. People v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953

3Cited by49 opinions

  1. People v. La BelleNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. People v. LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. People v. LeyraNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
  4. Thomas Mallette v. Charles J. Scully, Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
  5. People v. ReginaNew York Court of Appeals · 1966

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