The Nation - News from July 9, 1985

A New York appeals court denied a bid for a new trial for Jean Harris, convicted of killing Dr. Herman Tarnower, creator of the “Scarsdale Diet.” In a 20-page opinion, the court also ruled against Harris’ claim that Westchester County Judge Russell Leggett should have held a competency hearing prior to her 1981 trial. Harris, the socialite headmistress of a private Virginia school, serving 15 years to life, was convicted in the 1980 Purchase, N.Y., shooting of Tarnower, her lover and author of the best-selling “The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet.”