State v. Harris

In 1996, a jury convicted Ambrose Harris of capital murder and sentenced him to death. We affirmed the conviction and sentence, State v. Harris, 156 N.J. 122, 716 A.2d 458 (1998) (Harris I), and in a subsequent proceeding, found defendant’s capital sentence not disproportionate when compared to sentences imposed in similar cases. State v. Harris, 165 N.J. 303, 757 A.2d 221 (2000) (Harris II). Now, four years later, we review defendant’s multiple claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and assorted other challenges to the validity of his conviction and sentence.

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