PEOPLE v. RIVERA


118 A.D.2d 877 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carmelo Rivera, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 31, 1986


Judgment affirmed.

The defendant, by oral motion made prior to sentence being pronounced, moved to set aside the jury's verdict of guilt on the basis of newly discovered evidence. According to the defendant's counsel, the defendant claimed that another person had actually committed the crimes of which he had been found guilty. The defendant had known of this individual at the time of trial but misled the court, allegedly because of the obligation he felt toward this...

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