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MOTION TO VACATE CONVICTION BASED UPON RECANTING TESTIMONY PROPERLY DENIED WITHOUT A HEARING, WEAKNESS OF RECANTING TESTIMONY EMPHASIZED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined defendant’s motion to vacate his conviction based upon recanting testimony was properly denied without a hearing. The court emphasized the weakness of recanting testimony:

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“There is no form of proof so unreliable as recanting testimony” … , and such testimony is “insufficient alone to warrant vacating a judgment of conviction” … . “Consideration of recantation evidence involves the following factors: (1) the inherent believability of the substance of the recanting testimony; (2) the witness’s demeanor both at trial and at the evidentiary hearing; (3) the existence of evidence corroborating the trial testimony; (4) the reasons offered for both the trial testimony and the recantation; (5) the importance of facts established at trial as reaffirmed in the recantation; and (6) the relationship between the witness and defendant as related to a motive to lie” … .

Here, the victim gave abundant testimony at trial that amply supported his ultimate statement that he had “[n]o doubt” that defendant was the shooter. In contrast, the victim’s affidavit was prepared more than 10 years following the shooting, after the victim had become an inmate at the same prison in which defendant is incarcerated, and the victim blamed an individual identified only as “Marvin,” who was alleged to be deceased since 2008 … . We therefore conclude that, “[n]otwithstanding the absence of an evidentiary hearing, the totality of the parties’ submissions along with the trial record warrant a factual finding that the recantation is totally unreliable” … , and that the court properly denied defendant’s motion. People v Pringle, 2017 NY Slip Op 08131, Fourth Dept 11-17-17

 

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