People v. Zangrillo

Appeal by the surety of a defendant in a criminal case from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated March 12, 1976, which denied the surety’s motion to remit the forfeiture of defendant’s bail and vacate the judgment entered thereon. Order reversed, on the law, and motion granted. The surety’s motion was denied by the Criminal Term on the ground that the motion was made "after one year from the forfeiture of bail on either June 24, 1974, or October 28, 1974, the latter forfeiture date being conceded by both parties to be void.” In our view, the Criminal Term erred in denying the…