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MOTION TO SET ASIDE THE CONVICTION PROPERLY DENIED, EVIDENCE IN AN UNSWORN PRESENTENCE REPORT DID NOT MEET THE STATUTORY CRITERIA FOR THE MOTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined defendant's motion to set aside his conviction was properly denied. The defendant argued that the complainant's version of events as stated in the presentence report was newly discovered evidence because it differed from the complainant's trial testimony. The court held that the unsworn presentence report did not meet the statutory requirements for a motion to set aside a conviction:

The “power to grant a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence is of statutory origin and strict compliance with the statute is necessary” … . In support of the defendant's motion, he submitted his attorney's affirmation, to which the attorney attached a copy of the presentence report. However, the presentence report did not satisfy the requirement that the defendant submit sworn allegations in support of his motion (see CPL 330.40[2][a]).

A presentence report does not contain sworn allegations. Indeed, probation officers are directed, in preparing their report, to include “an analysis of as much of the information gathered in the investigation as the agency that conducted the investigation deems relevant to the question of sentence” (CPL 390.30[3][a]). It is not mandated, nor expected, that a presentence report include a verbatim account of the complainant's words. Indeed, some presentence reports do not contain victim impact statements. The presentence report is not sworn to by the probation officer who prepares the report. Accordingly, while a presentence report is deemed generally reliable for sentencing purposes, its information “need not always be credited” and at best constitutes “reliable hearsay” … .

Since the “moving papers [did] not contain sworn allegations of all facts essential to support the motion,” the Supreme Court was able to make its determination on the basis of the motion papers and, thus, did not err in failing to hold a hearing … . People v Windsor, 2018 NY Slip Op 06576, Second Dept 10-3-18

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