Legal Opinion

People v. Matias

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 29, 1986PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed. We agree with the Appellate Division that the admission into evidence of the knife case, if error, was nonetheless harmless inasmuch as the jury heard the knife case described in testimony to which defendant did not object. Moreover, the evidence that defendant intentionally killed the victim, including the testimony of an eyewitness and defendant’s own admission, was overwhelming.

Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Meyer, Simons, Kaye, Alexander and Hancock, Jr. Taking no part: Judge Titone.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. SantosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. People v. JimenezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999