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DEFENDANT WAS ENTITLED TO A HEARNG ON HIS MOTION TO VACATE HIS MURDER CONVICTION ON THE GROUND OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant should have been afforded a hearing on his motion to vacate his murder conviction on the ground of actual innocence:

“‘[A]ctual innocence’ means factual innocence, not mere legal insufficiency of evidence of guilt, and must be based upon reliable evidence which was not presented at the trial” … . Further, “[m]ere doubt as to the defendant’s guilt, or a preponderance of conflicting evidence as to the defendant’s guilt, is insufficient, since a convicted defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence, and in fact is presumed to be guilty” … . “A prima facie showing of actual innocence is made out when there is ‘a sufficient showing of possible merit to warrant a fuller exploration'” … . Upon a prima facie showing, a hearing should be conducted on a defendant’s claim of actual innocence … .

… [T]he defendant made a prima facie showing based upon the five affidavits from the alleged witnesses that he submitted and [the] recantation of [a witness’s] trial testimony [identifying defendant as the shooter]. People v Green, 2022 NY Slip Op 00315, Second Dept 1-19-22

 

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