New York Criminal Procedure Law Code § 470.25

Determination of appeals by intermediate appellate courts; form and content of order
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§ 470.25  Determination of appeals by intermediate appellate courts;\n             form and content of order.\n  1.  An order of an intermediate appellate court which affirms a\njudgment, sentence or order of a criminal court need only state such\naffirmance.\n  2.  An order of an intermediate appellate court which reverses or\nmodifies a judgment, sentence or order of a criminal court must contain\nthe following:\n  (a)  A statement of whether the determination was upon the law or upon\nthe facts or as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, or\nupon any specified two or all three of such bases; and\n  (b)  If the decision is rendered without opinion, a brief statement of\nthe specific grounds of the reversal or modification; and\n  (c)  A statement of the corrective action taken or directed by the\ncourt; and\n  (d)  If the determination is exclusively upon the law, a statement of\nwhether or not the facts upon which the criminal court's judgment,\nsentence or order is based have been considered and determined to have\nbeen established.  In the absence of such a statement, it is presumed\nthat the intermediate appellate court did not consider or make any\ndetermination with respect to such facts.\n

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