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People ex Rel. McVann v. Bednosky

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 6, 1996
227 A.D.2d 423 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

May 6, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Stark, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the proceeding is dismissed.

We conclude that the bail set by the court which originally arraigned the defendant was the product of an exercise of discretion resting upon a rational basis ( see, People ex rel. Parone v. Phimister, 29 N.Y.2d 580; CPL 510.30). "Only if the criminal court's bail action is not supportable may the habeas corpus court modify or undo the criminal court's determination on bail" ( People ex rel. Klein v. Krueger, 25 N.Y.2d 497, 502-503; see also, People ex rel. Lazer v. Warden, 79 N.Y.2d 839). The habeas corpus court exceeded the narrow scope of the review powers available to it and erred in substituting its discretion for that of the arraignment court ( see, People ex rel. Lazer v Warden, supra; People ex rel. Brown v. Bednosky, 190 A.D.2d 836). Miller, J.P., O'Brien, Copertino and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People ex Rel. McVann v. Bednosky

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 6, 1996
227 A.D.2d 423 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People ex Rel. McVann v. Bednosky

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. THOMAS T. McVANN, JR., on…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 6, 1996

Citations

227 A.D.2d 423 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
642 N.Y.S.2d 554

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