State v. Harris

Summary

The court reversed the order granting Harris a new trial because, even assuming trial counsel was deficient in failing to seek suppression of the text messages, Harris did not establish a reasonable probability that their exclusion would have changed the verdict. The court held that the totality of the remaining evidence—including surveillance, witness testimony, Harris’s statements, similar-transaction evidence, and physical and circumstantial evidence—was sufficient to defeat the prejudice showing. The case was remanded for consideration of the remaining grounds in Harris’s motion for new trial.