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People v. Matias

67 N.Y.2d 1032 Court N.Y. Decision date 1986-05-29 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Matias, Appellant.
Argued May 1, 1986;
decided May 29, 1986
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APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Lisabeth Harrison and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Rona Feinberg and Joyce P. Adolfsen of counsel), for respondent.

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.