People v. Eiffel

Persons who are released on bail or upon their own recognizance in connection with a pending indictment charging a class A or class B felony, and who do not appear personally on the date required by a court order or voluntarily within 30 days thereafter, are guilty of bail jumping in the first degree (Penal Law § 215.57). On a grant of leave to appeal to defendant from an order reinstating an indictment for bail jumping in the first degree, we must decide whether that criminal charge may nevertheless be lodged against the nonappearing defendant, even though the predicate class A or class B…