The court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendant's motion to vacate his conviction based on newly discovered evidence or actual innocence. Both claims failed because they were not supported by any sworn, nonhearsay allegations by the source of the proffered new evidence, who was the sole eyewitness who testified at trial (see People v Jimenez,
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