Ordered that the order is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he is entitled to vacatur of his conviction, or to a hearing, based on the affidavit of the prosecution's main witness, who has now recanted his trial testimony. It is well settled that "[t]here is no form of proof so unreliable as recanting testimony" (People v Shilitano, 218 N.Y. 161, 170). Under the circumstances of this case the court correctly found that the witness's recantation was incredible...
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