{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cpl", "section": "330.50", "citation": "CPL § 330.50", "heading": "Motion to set aside verdict; order granting motion", "text": ["§ 330.50  Motion to set aside verdict; order granting motion.", "1.  Upon setting aside or modifying a verdict or a part thereof upon a ground specified in subdivision one of section 330.30, the court must take the same action as the appropriate appellate court would be required to take upon reversing or modifying a judgment upon the particular ground in issue.", "2.  Upon setting aside a verdict upon a ground specified in subdivision two of section 330.30, the court must order a new trial.", "3.  Upon setting aside a verdict upon a ground specified in subdivision three of section 330.30, the court must, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, order a new trial.  If a verdict is set aside upon the ground that had the newly discovered evidence in question been received at the trial the verdict probably would have been more favorable to the defendant in that the conviction probably would have been for a lesser offense than the one contained in the verdict, the court may either (a) set aside such verdict or (b) with the consent of the people modify such verdict by reducing it to one of conviction of such lesser offense.", "4.  Upon a new trial resulting from an order setting aside a verdict, the indictment is deemed to contain all the counts and to charge all the offenses which it contained and charged at the time the previous trial was commenced, regardless of whether any count was dismissed by the court in the course of such trial, except those upon or of which the defendant was acquitted or is deemed to have been acquitted."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/330.50", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "- **1.** On **ground 1**, the court takes the **same action an appellate court would** on that ground.\n- **2.** On **ground 2** (juror misconduct), the court **must order a new trial.** ★\n- **3.** On **ground 3** (new evidence), a **new trial** — but if the new evidence probably would only have reduced the conviction to a **lesser offense**, the court may either set aside the verdict **or**, **with the People's consent, reduce** it to that lesser offense. ★\n- **4.** On a new trial, the indictment is deemed to charge **everything it charged before** — except counts the defendant was **acquitted** of (or deemed acquitted).\n\n---\n\n**★ Exam hits:**\n- **§ 330.10:** complete acquittal → **immediate discharge / bail exonerated**; NRRMDD → **§ 330.20** governs.\n- **§ 330.20 durations:** exam **30 + 30 days**; **initial hearing within 10 days** of reports; **commitment/recommitment = 6 months**; **first retention ≤1 year**; **second/subsequent ≤2 years**; **furlough ≤14 days**; **order of conditions 5 years (+5)**; **discharge** needs **3 years** continuous out-patient.\n- **§ 330.20 notices:** **clerk forwards exam order to MHLS**; **4 days' notice** before secure-facility release; commissioner applications need a **psychiatric examiner's affidavit or the court must dismiss**; **rehearing/review within 30 days.**\n- **§ 330.20(22):** the **clerk files the special order of conditions** with the sheriff/police where a protected person lives; it must state its **expiration date.**\n- **§ 330.30 grounds:** (1) record error, (2) juror misconduct, (3) newly discovered evidence — motion is **defendant's**, **after verdict / before sentence.**\n- **§ 330.40:** ground-1 motion **need not be written**; on a hearing the **defendant proves by a preponderance.**\n- **§ 330.50:** juror-misconduct → **new trial**; new-evidence → new trial, or **reduce to lesser offense with People's consent.**\n\n\n---\n*Verbatim statute:* [[CPL - Article 330]]", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cpl/330.50", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}