PEOPLE v. MATTHEWS


306 A.D.2d 134 (2003)

760 N.Y.S.2d 317

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LUKE MATTHEWS, Appellant.

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

Decided June 17, 2003.


The court properly denied defendant's motion to vacate judgment without a hearing. Defendant offered no evidence that a witness at his trial received any promise or understanding regarding lenient treatment in her unrelated Pennsylvania drug cases. The issue was fully explored at trial, both the witness and the prosecutor have denied the existence of any such promise or understanding, and defendant's speculative assertions are unsupported by the record (see People v Ross...

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