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People v. Harris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1997
245 A.D.2d 302 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

December 1, 1997

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dabiri, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant's contention that the police unlawfully stopped him. The police had reasonable suspicion to stop and detain the defendant for a few minutes so that the complainant could view him, because he matched the description given by the complainant of one of the three perpetrators and he and his two companions were found in close temporal and geographic proximity to the robbery ( see, People v. De Bour, 40 N.Y.2d 210; People v. Bond, 227 A.D.2d 412, affd 90 N.Y.2d 877; People v. Ryan, 224 A.D.2d 644).

The defendant's contention-that the trial court goaded him into requesting a mistrial is not supported by the record. His second trial, therefore, was not barred by double jeopardy ( see, Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667).

Finally, the defendant was not entitled to a missing witness charge as the testimony of the uncalled police witness would have been only cumulative, in light of the testimony of another police witness ( see, People v. Antoneddy, 226 A.D.2d 549; People v. Lee, 217 A.D.2d 637).

Miller, J. P., Sullivan, Santucci and Lerner, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Harris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1997
245 A.D.2d 302 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Harris

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHARLES HARRIS…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 1, 1997

Citations

245 A.D.2d 302 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
670 N.Y.S.2d 117

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