People v. Williams

Order denying motion to vacate and set aside order and judgment forfeiting undertaking of bail reversed upon the law and the facts, and motion to vacate said order and judgment granted. By section 545 of the Code of Criminal Procedure it is provided that upon reversal of a judgment of conviction without ordering a new trial, the appellate court must direct, if defendant be admitted to bail, that the bail be exonerated. That provision is mandatory. (People v. Mershon, 46 App. Div. 629.) In reversing the judgment of conviction against defendant Williams, this court, although she was admitted to…