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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sylvester Mazzella, Appellant.
    Argued October 28, 1963;
    decided November 21, 1963.
    
      
      William G. Dalán and F. Bosley Growther, III, for appellant.
    
      Isidore Dollinger, District ' Attorney (Walter E. Dillon of counsel), for .respondent.
   • 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 Judges Dye, Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke, Foster and Scileppi.