The trial court's denial, without a hearing, of defendant's motion to vacate the judgment on grounds of newly discovered evidence and various alleged police and prosecutorial improprieties was proper. The motion was based entirely on the affidavits of recanting witnesses, which the court properly rejected, relying on the inherent unreliability of recantations (People v Shilitano, 218 N.Y. 161, 170), as well as the highly suspicious circumstances, viewed in context...
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