Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony Lawrence, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-02-23
Citations: 247 A.D.2d 635
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Lawrence, Appellant.
Judges: Thompson, J. P., Joy, Florio and Luciano, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 635–635

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Lawrence, Appellant.
[669 NYS2d 242]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenweig, J.), rendered July 14, 1994, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgement is affirmed.
The defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 330.30 to vacate the judgment was properly denied. It is well settled that "[t]here is no form of proof so unreliable as recanting testimony" (People v Shilitano, 218 NY 161, 170). Under the circumstances of this case, where the defendant made a statement which positively identified him as the individual who relieved the complainant of his jewelry at gunpoint, the complainant's recantation would probably not change the result if a new trial were granted, and the court properly denied the defendant's motion without a hearing (see, People v Turner, 215 AD2d 703; People v Rodriguez, 201 AD2d 683; People v Donald, 107 AD2d 818).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.
Thompson, J. P., Joy, Florio and Luciano, JJ., concur.