Legal Opinion

People v. Bellezza

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 2, 2014No. 2010-08842PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Weber, J.), dated October 7, 2009, which denied, without a hearing, his motion pursuant to CPL 440.30 (1-a) for DNA testing of certain evidence.

Ordered that the order is affirmed.

The County Court properly denied, without a hearing, the de fendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.30 (1-a) for DNA testing of certain evidence, since the defendant failed to show that there was a reasonable probability that the verdict would have been more favorable to him had the DNA tests been performed and the results admitted at trial (see…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  2. People v. PerryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. GriffinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. People v. VieraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  3. People v. GentileAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. People v. BorrellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. DorseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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