Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sylvester Mazzella, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1963-11-21
Citations: 13 N.Y.2d 997
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sylvester Mazzella, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 997–998

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
• 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.