People ex rel. Bender v. Brann

Full title: The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Elizabeth Bender, on behalf…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Jun 8, 2018

2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 4269 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)

Opinion

2018-06367

06-08-2018

The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Elizabeth Bender, on behalf of Aswab Bellamy, petitioner, v. Cynthia Brann, Commissioner, Department of Correction, respondent.

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Joshua Norkin, Elizabeth Bender, pro se, and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP [Daniel F. Kolb, Shahira D. Ali, and Garrett Cardillo] of counsel; Pat Andriola, Serena Wu, Drew Dean, and Mengyi Xu on the petition), for petitioner. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Robert J. Masters, John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Kathryn Mullen of counsel), for respondent.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

COLLEEN D. DUFFY FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Joshua Norkin, Elizabeth Bender, pro se, and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP [Daniel F. Kolb, Shahira D. Ali, and Garrett Cardillo] of counsel; Pat Andriola, Serena Wu, Drew Dean, and Mengyi Xu on the petition), for petitioner.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Robert J. Masters, John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Kathryn Mullen of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & JUDGMENT

Writ of habeas corpus, inter alia, in the nature of an application for bail reduction upon Queens County Docket No. CR-016425-18QN to release Aswab Bellamy on his own recognizance or to set reasonable bail.

ADJUDGED that the writ is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements, as Aswab Bellamy was released on his own recognizance on June 1, 2018.

RIVERA, J.P., DUFFY, CONNOLLY and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court