People ex rel. Rosner v. Warden, Bronx House of Detention for Men

Judgment entered in Supreme Court, New York County, March 8, 1976, which dismissed a petition in the nature of habeas corpus, unanimously affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Bail was denied on the ground that there was a likelihood that relator, facing a life sentence, would flee. In the words of the lower court, the consequences of a conviction would cause the defendant to say "I have had it and I am going to split.” Our scope of inquiry is "only as to the legality of the denial of bail, as to whether or not the denying Court has abused its discretion by denying bail without…