PEOPLE v. HARRIS


48 N.Y.2d 208 (1979)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Werfel for appellant.

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (Deborah Carlin Stevens of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur with Judge MEYER; Chief Judge COOKE concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion in which Judge GABRIELLI concurs.


MEYER, J.

This case involves the unusual twist that by coincidence one of the police officers involved was the son of the victim of the robbery and mother and son have testified somewhat differently concerning identification of defendant Harris.

Having pleaded guilty to second degree robbery, Harris appealed asserting as grounds for reversal: (1) that the court should have ruled out any in-court identification...

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