The photodissociation of CO(CN)(2) at 193 nm has been studied by probing the nascent CN fragments. Two energetically different CN species were identified, a rotationally and vibrationally hot one characterized by T-r similar to 2300 K and T-v similar to 3600 K, and a cold one exclusively in v = 0 with T-r similar to 410 K. The hot CN together with OCCN stems from the a-cleavage while the cold CN, which accounts for about 18% of all CN fragments, is from the spontaneous secondary decay OCCN --> CN + CO thus confirming the three-body decay to be a sequential, process.