Legal Opinion
People v. Cotto
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 15, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J.), entered August 25, 1997, which denied defendant’s motion for remission of forfeited bail, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Pursuant to CPL 540.10 (2), once a bail forfeiture has been reduced to a judgment it can be set aside only upon a motion for remission, which must be made within one year after the forfeiture of bail is declared. In the present case, defendant’s bail was declared forfeited on August 9,1995, when defendant’s failure to appear was noted on the record and the forfeiture order was entered. Defendant’s pro se…
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