Opinion
Argued February 18, 2000
February 24, 2000
Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to reinstate bail upon Nassau County Indictment No. 2111N/99, or to release the defendant on his own recognizance.
Thomas F. Liotti, Garden City, N.Y. 11530-2901, petitioner pro se.
Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert Biancavilla of counsel), for respondent.
GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, J.P., HOWARD MILLER, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT and NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION JUDGMENT
ADJUDGED that the writ is sustained, without costs or disbursements, to the extent of reinstating bail on Nassau County Indictment No. 2111N/99 to the sum of $250,000, which may be posted in the form of an insurance company bail bond, or by depositing $150,000 as a cash bail alternative in the event that the previously-posted bail in the sum of $100,000 has been exonerated, or $50,000 additional cash bail, in the event that the previously-posted bail in the sum of $100,00 0 has not been exonerated.