People v. Hinspeter

OPINION OF THE COURT

John P. DiBlasi, J.

Amended in 2000 as part of the Sexual Assault Reform Act, and effective February 1, 2001, CPL 530.50 provides that:

“A judge who is otherwise authorized pursuant to section 460.50 or section 460.60 to issue an order of *615recognizance or bail pending the determination of an appeal, may do so unless the defendant received a class A felony sentence or a sentence for a felony, other than a class D or class E felony, defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law and committed or attempted to be committed against a person less than eighteen years of age”…