Case ID: ad2d_222/html/1075-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Patrick D. Ireland, Appellant.
    [636 NYS2d 694]
   —Case held, decision reserved and matter remitted to Oneida County Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: A reconstruction hearing was held in this case to establish whether defendant was present at an in-chambers Sandoval conference. The record of that hearing shows that the issue of defendant’s presence was sharply contested. The attorneys declined County Court’s offer to render a decision, erroneously believing that no decision was required at that point. Because issues of credibility should ordinarily be determined by the hearing court, which saw and heard the witnesses (see, People v Michalek, 218 AD2d 750), we reserve decision and remit the matter to County Court to make findings of fact and determine whether defendant was present at the Sandoval hearing (see, People v Miller [appeal No. 1], 221 AD2d 1001; cf, People v James, 221 AD2d 963). (Appeal from Judgment of Oneida County Court, Murad, J. — Burglary, 3rd Degree.) Present — Denman, P. J., Lawton, Wesley, Balio and Davis, JJ.