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DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO VACATE THE 1994 ATTEMPTED MURDER CONVICTION ON “ACTUAL INNOCENCE” GROUNDS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUMMARILY DENIED; DEFENDANT SUBMITTED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO WARRANT A HEARING, I.E., EVIDENCE A DECEASED COOPERATING WITNESS HAD CONFESSED TO BEING THE SHOOTER (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined the evidence of “actual innocence” submitted in defendant’s motion to vacate the 1994 attempted murder conviction warranted a hearing:

The court … should have ordered a hearing on defendant’s actual innocence claim … . Defendant presented evidence, supported by the statements of the Assistant United States Attorneys who handled the cooperator, that, in 1998, after defendant’s trial, the cooperator credibly exonerated defendant by admitting to the shooting. Although the cooperator has died, his confession would be admissible as a statement against penal interest … . Accordingly, the court lacked grounds for a summary denial under CPL 440.30(4)(b). People v Davila, 2025 NY Slip Op 01300, First Dept 3-6-25

Practice Point: If a motion to vacate a conviction is supported by credible evidence of “actual innocence,” a hearing is necessary before ruling on the motion.​

 

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