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People v. Matias

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 29, 1986
494 N.E.2d 454 (N.Y. 1986)

Opinion

Argued May 1, 1986

Decided May 29, 1986

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Peggy Bernheim, J.

Lisabeth Harrison and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Rona Feinberg and Joyce P. Adolfsen of counsel), for respondent.


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.


Summaries of

People v. Matias

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 29, 1986
494 N.E.2d 454 (N.Y. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Matias

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUAN MATIAS, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 29, 1986

Citations

494 N.E.2d 454 (N.Y. 1986)
494 N.E.2d 454
503 N.Y.S.2d 323

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