People ex rel. Goins v. Howard

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Special Term, entered January 11, 1973 in Tompkins County, which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus after a hearing. Defendant was indicted for the crimes of criminal possession of a weapon as a felony and reckless endangerment, first degree (Penal Law, §§ 265.05, 120.25). The indictment charges the defendant with pointing a loaded, cocked “sawed-off” shotgun at another person by laying it on the floor under the front seat of an automobile pointed towards the driver. At the time of arraignment, bail was set in the amount of $50,000, and the issue of…