People ex rel. Meyer v. Commissioner of Department of Correction

— Judgment (denominated an order) of Supreme Court, New York County (Harold J. Rothwax, J.), entered October 18, 1985, which denied and dismissed petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the writ is granted to the extent of fixing bail at $2,500.

On August 13, 1985, Elvis Cruz was arrested and charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, a class A-l felony. He was arraigned in Bronx County on August 14, 1985 and bail was fixed at $2,500, which petitioner posted for his release. The case…