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p. 548[807 NE2d 881, 775 NYS2d 770] The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Jeffrey Santos, Respondent. Decided December 18, 2003
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Mary C. Farrington of counsel), for appellant.
The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn {Kevin F Casey of counsel), for respondent.
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
The Court here lacks power to review the lower courts’ exercise of discretion in vacating the criminal conviction and granting a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence (People v Baxley, 84 NY2d 208 , 212 [1994]; People v Fields, 66 NY2d 876 , 878 [1985]).
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo and Read concur.
p. 549
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed in a memorandum.
Cases cited
- People v. Baxley 84 NY2d 208 at 212 p. 548
- People v. Fields 66 NY2d 876 at 878 p. 548