Legal Opinion

People v. Harris

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

Decided December 14, 1993PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Max Sayah, J.), rendered Janu*103ary 27, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 6 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting, without a hearing, defendant’s challenge to the use of his two prior convictions to adjudicate him a persistent violent felony offender. As for the 1976 conviction, defendant is bound by the 1980 predicate felony determination that was based thereon (see, CPL 400.15…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. LoughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. People v. SilversAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. People v. HarleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. CooperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. People v. CovingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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