New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 470.10 - Determination of appeals; definitions of terms.

470.10  Determination of appeals; definitions of terms.
The following definitions are applicable to this article:
1.   "Reversal" by an appellate court of a judgment, sentence or order
  of another court means the vacating of such judgment, sentence or order.
2.  "Modification" by an appellate court of a  judgment  or  order  of
  another court means the vacating of a part thereof and affirmance of the
  remainder.
3.   "Corrective action" means affirmative action taken or directed by
  an appellate court upon reversing or modifying a judgment,  sentence  or
  order  of  another  court,  which disposes of or continues the case in a
  manner consonant with the determinations and principles  underlying  the
  reversal or modification.

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