Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Kapatos, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1958-03-04
Citations: 5 A.D.2d 855
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Kapatos, Appellant.
Judges: Concur—Rabin, J. P., Yalente, McNally, Stevens and Bastow, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 855–855

Head Matter:
First Department,
March, 1958
(March 4, 1958)
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Kapatos, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order unanimously reversed and the proceeding-remanded for a hearing on said application. No opinion. The issues presented by the record before the lower court could not be decided upon the petition, reply and documentary evidence. The appellant was entitled to a hearing. " It is only when the record conclusively demonstrates the falsity of the allegations and there is no reasonable probability at all that defendant's averments are true that a hearing will be denied". (People v. Guariglia, 303 N. Y. 338, 343.)
Concur—Rabin, J. P., Yalente, McNally, Stevens and Bastow, JJ.