Legal Opinion

People ex rel. McVann v. Bednosky

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 6, 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a habeas corpus proceeding, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Stark, J.), dated August 23, 1995, which sustained the writ to the extent of reducing bail from $250,000 cash or insurance company bail bond to $100,000 bond or $25,000 cash.

*424Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the proceeding is dismissed.

We conclude that the bail set by the court which originally arraigned the defendant was the product of an exercise of discretion resting upon a rational basis (see, People ex rel. Parone v Phimister, 29 NY2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Klein v. KruegerNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. People ex rel. Parone v. PhimisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. People ex rel. Brown v. BednoskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Cassar v. BednowskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. People ex rel. Schreiber v. Warden of Queens House of Detention for MenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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