The People of the State of New York v. . Carlyle W. Harris

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction for first‑degree murder, holding that the jury’s finding that the victim died of morphine poisoning and that the defendant administered it with intent to kill was supported by the evidence. It ruled that questions of cause of death are for the jury, that circumstantial evidence may suffice for conviction, and that the trial court did not err in admitting motive evidence or excluding privileged physician testimony.