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PEOPLE v. HARRIS

95 N.Y.2d 316 (2000)

740 N.E.2d 227

717 N.Y.S.2d 82

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LYDELL HARRIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

De Nice Powell, New York City, and Lynn W. L. Fahey for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Anthea H. Bruffee and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LEVINE, J.

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]). The evidence established that defendant killed his long-time friend, Larry Amorose, with a machete. With the help of his girlfriend, defendant decapitated and dismembered Amorose's body, put the body parts in garbage bags and discarded the bags in the ocean off Coney Island...

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