People v. Mazzella
New York Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
• Order affirmed. While a denial of coram nobis relief is not res judicata as to a subsequent petition on the same grounds, the question whether to entertain such an application is ordinarily one of discretion (Matter of Bojinoff v. People, 299 N. Y. 145; People v. Martine, 303 N. Y. 789). Even when new or additional evidence, is claimed to have been found, the decision whether or not to hold a hearing on the new application is an exercise of judicial discretion (People v. Sullivan, 4 N Y 2d 472). In the' present instance there was no abuse of this discretion.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Bojinoff v. PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- People v. MartineNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
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- United States Ex Rel. Jiggetts v. FolletteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- People v. CortezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Reed v. FolletteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
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