In this photo, Calvin Harris is led in handcuffs and chains from a Tioga County Sheriff’s car to the Tioga County Courthouse in Owego, N.Y. for a bail hearing in 2012, and after the State Court of Appeals overturned his second-degree murder conviction. The continuing bail was granted, as well as a Change of Venue. The new trial will be held in Schoharie County Court in January of 2015. (Photo by Wendy Post)
It was reported this week, and confirmed by the Schoharie County Court that the third Murder trial for Calvin Harris, which was set to begin in September, has been delayed until Jan. 7, 2015.
Calvin Harris, of Spencer, N.Y., has been convicted twice of murdering his wife, Michele Harris, with the first conviction overturned when Kevin Tubbs, a witness who testified he saw Michelle Harris after she was allegedly murdered by Calvin Harris, came forward; and then the second conviction was overturned by the State Court of Appeals, and a new trial scheduled. That trial is now being postponed.
Wealthy New York businessman Cal Harris’ estranged wife, Michele Harris, disappeared during the night of Sept. 11, 2001, while most of the world was focused on the terrorist attacks earlier that day. Since then, Calvin Harris has been tried and convicted twice of murdering Michele Harris, with both convictions now overturned.
Michele Harris’ body has never been found. She was last seen Sept. 11, 2001 leaving her waitress job in Waverly, N.Y.
Because of the polarization and publicity surrounding both trials, which were held in the Tioga County Courthouse, a change in venue was granted, and the trial has been moved to Schoharie County, near Albany, where the jury pool is less likely to have heard about the well-publicized case.
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