People v. Nicholas

OPINION OF THE COURT

Graffeo, J.

CPL 540.10 mandates that the People take action to enforce a bail bond forfeiture order within a specified period of time. In this appeal we must determine when that time period begins to run. Because we hold that the time requirement is triggered when Supreme Court finds that a defendant’s absence is unexcused and makes a determination on the record directing forfeiture of the bail bond, we affirm the order of the Appellate Division that directed enforcement of the forfeiture order.

Defendant Pete Nicholas was charged in a July 1996 indictment with murder in the…