Court Opinion

ID: 4587700
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-11-19 14:05:44.245796+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:50:12.480923
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State of New York
Court of Appeals
                                                         This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to
                                                       revision before publication in the New York Reports.

 No. 95 SSM 24
 The People &c.,
         Respondent,
      v.
 Russell Smith,
         Appellant.

 Submitted by Mark W. Zeno, for appellant.
 Submitted by Kyle R. Silverstein, for respondent.

 On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order reversed and case
 remitted to Supreme Court, Bronx County, for a hearing on defendant’s CPL 330.30
 motion. The motion court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s CPL 330.30 (2)
 motion without first conducting a hearing (see CPL 330.40 [2] [d]-[f]; People v Maragh,
 94 NY2d 569, 573-575 [2000]). Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey,
 Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur.

 Decided November 19, 2020