PEOPLE v. HARRIS


306 N.Y. 345 (1954)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Harris, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 4, 1954


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert S. Rosenthal, Nicholas Atlas and Matthew H. Brandenburg for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Charles W. Manning and Richard G. Denzer of counsel), for respondent.

LEWIS, Ch. J., CONWAY, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur.


DESMOND, J.

On this appeal from a felony murder conviction, the question is as to the sufficiency of the proof. Pointing up that question is an able dissenting opinion in the Appellate Division in which the view is expressed that "the proof is insufficient to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was the one who strangled the deceased, or that such strangulation occurred during the period...

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