Case Title: People v Harris

Citation: 2012 NY Slip Op 08058

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State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

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People v Harris

2012 NY Slip Op 08058

Decided on November 27, 2012

Court of Appeals

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on November 27, 2012

No. 233 SSM 30
[*1]The People & c., Appellant,
vJames A. Harris, Jr., Respondent.

Submitted by Andrew W. Kass, for appellant.
Submitted by Warren S. Hecht, for respondent.


On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed. There is support in the record for the Appellate Division's determination that defendant unequivocally invoked his right to counsel while in custody, and that mixed question of law and fact is beyond our further review. We agree with the Appellate Division that the hearing court's error in failing to suppress defendant's statements was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt and that defendant is entitled to a new trial.
Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith and Pigott concur.
Decided November 27, 2012