Opinion
No. 2023-05078
06-21-2023
The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Gregory S. Watts, on behalf of Walter Porter, petitioner, v. Warden, Eric M. Taylor Center, respondent.
Watts & Watts, Brooklyn, NY (Gregory S. Watts pro se of counsel), for petitioner. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Jonathan Visotzky of counsel), for respondent.
Watts & Watts, Brooklyn, NY (Gregory S. Watts pro se of counsel), for petitioner.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Jonathan Visotzky of counsel), for respondent.
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., JOSEPH J. MALTESE, WILLIAM G. FORD, BARRY E. WARHIT, JJ.
DECISION & JUDGMENT
Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to release Walter Porter upon his own recognizance or, in the alternative, to set reasonable bail upon Kings County Indictment No. 1199/2019.
ADJUDGED that the writ is sustained, without cost or disbursements, to the extent that the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, upon the consent of the respondent, to conduct an evidentiary hearing pursuant to CPL 530.60(2)(c), and the writ is otherwise dismissed (see People ex rel. Batmanghelidj v Brann, 185 A.D.3d 876; People ex rel. Woolworth v Department of Corr. Warden, Bellevue Hosp. Prison Ward, 184 A.D.3d 610).
BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., MALTESE, FORD and WARHIT, JJ., concur.