New York Court of Appeals, 1986

People v. Matias

People v. Matias
New York Court of Appeals · Decided May 29, 1986
67 N.Y.2d 1032; 494 N.E.2d 454; 503 N.Y.S.2d 323; 1986 N.Y. LEXIS 18663

People v. Matias

Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

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.

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