Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.), rendered June 7, 2000, convicting him of incest, sexual misconduct (two counts), and sexual abuse in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes,
Moreover, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in summarily denying the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict under CPL 330.30 (3). The defendant failed to establish that the information contained in the affidavits of his former employer and her husband was newly-discovered evidence as required by the statute, because the information and the witnesses were known to the defendant before trial. Furthermore, the evidence was on a collateral matter and was not material to the defendant’s guilt, and it was not likely that the admission of this testimony would have resulted in a different verdict. Ritter, J. P., Smith, Adams and Cozier, JJ., concur.
