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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 470.25 — Determination of appeals by intermediate appellate courts; form and content of order
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 470: Appeals--determination Thereof, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 470.25
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
470.25 Determination of appeals by intermediate appellate courts;
form and content of order.
1. An order of an intermediate appellate court which affirms a
judgment, sentence or order of a criminal court need only state such
affirmance.
2. An order of an intermediate appellate court which reverses or
modifies a judgment, sentence or order of a criminal court must contain
the following:
(a) A statement of whether the determination was upon the law or upon
the facts or as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, or
upon any specified two or all three of such bases; and
(b) If the decision is rendered without opinion, a brief statement of
the specific grounds of the reversal or modification; and
(c) A statement of the corrective action taken or directed by the
court; and
(d) If the determination is exclusively upon the law, a statement of
whether or not the facts upon which the criminal court's judgment,
sentence or order is based have been considered and determined to have
been established. In the absence of such a statement, it is presumed
that the intermediate appellate court did not consider or make any
determination with respect to such facts.
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