N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law Section 470.35
Determination by court of appeals of appeals from orders of intermediate appellate courts

  • scope of review

1.

Upon an appeal to the court of appeals from an order of an intermediate appellate court affirming a judgment, sentence or order of a criminal court, the court of appeals may consider and determine not only questions of law which were raised or considered upon the appeal to the intermediate appellate court, but also any question of law involving alleged error or defect in the criminal court proceedings resulting in the original criminal court judgment, sentence or order, regardless of whether such question was raised, considered or determined upon the appeal to the intermediate appellate court.

2.

Upon an appeal to the court of appeals from an order of an intermediate appellate court reversing or modifying a judgment, sentence or order of a criminal court, the court of appeals may consider and determine:

(a)

Any question of law which was determined by the intermediate appellate court and which, as so determined, constituted a basis for such court’s order of reversal or modification; and

(b)

Any other question of law involving alleged or possible error or defect in the criminal court proceedings resulting in the original judgment, sentence or order which may have adversely affected the party who was appellant in the intermediate appellate court and who is respondent in the court of appeals. The court of appeals is not precluded from considering and determining such a question by the circumstance that it was not considered or determined by the intermediate appellate court, or that it did not constitute a basis for such court’s reversal or modification, or that the party who may have been adversely affected thereby is the respondent rather than the appellant in the court of appeals; and the court of appeals, even though rejecting the intermediate appellate court’s reasons for its order of reversal or modification, may affirm or modify such order upon the basis of such other questions; and

(c)

Any question concerning the legality of the corrective action taken by the intermediate appellate court.

3.

Upon such an appeal, the court must affirm, reverse or modify the intermediate appellate court order.

Source: Section 470.35 — Determination by court of appeals of appeals from orders of intermediate appellate courts; scope of review, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CPL/470.­35 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 13, 2025).

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