People ex rel. Baum v. Warden of Rikers Island

OPINION OF THE COURT

Defendant-appellant, having been convicted of a class A-III felony after a trial in Kings County Supreme Court, and receiving an indeterminate sentence of one year to life sought *300to challenge by way of habeas corpus, certain aspects of the Criminal Procedure Law.

Defendant seeks this writ to mount an attack upon CPL 530.50 and its unfairness in denying order of recognizance or bail for convictees who had been convicted of class A felony during pendency of appeal. It is interesting to note that a class B felon under an 8-⅓- to 25-year sentence may be accorded such relief,…