The court properly denied defendant's motion without a hearing. Defendant offered no evidence that a witness at his trial received any promise or understanding regarding lenient treatment in his unrelated Bronx case. Both the witness and the prosecutor denied the existence of any such understanding or promise, and defendant's speculative and unsupported assertions did not warrant a hearing (see People v Matthews,
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