People ex rel. Schreiber v. Warden of Queens House of Detention for Men

Friedmann, J.,

dissents and votes to affirm the judgment with the following memorandum: By Queens County Indictment No. 3673/99 Ralph Romano, Jr., the relator in the instant habeas corpus proceeding, was charged with two counts of murder in the second degree in connection with the June 1989 shooting death of his mother’s “common-law husband.” On May 2, 2000, Romano was arraigned on the charges before Justice Robert Hanophy in Supreme Court, Queens County, and pleaded not guilty. Defense counsel requested that the court release Romano on bail “consistent with the charges” and Romano’s…