People v. Mohammed

OPINION OF THE COURT

Reinaldo E. Rivera, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Counsel for the defendant has petitioned this court, sitting in Criminal Term at Special Term 10 thereof, by writ of habeas corpus, for a reduction of bail from $3,500 to $1,000, the amount originally set at defendant’s arraignment in local criminal court. The increase to $3,500 was ordered in superior court by the presiding Justice in the Trial Part.

After two in camera conferences, leave was granted for counsel to submit memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to the writ of habeas corpus, respectively. Having considered…