Opinion
2020–05841
08-13-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., EX REL. Ronald WILLIAMS, petitioner, v. Cynthia BRANN, etc., et al., respondents.
Richard Cary Spivack, Forest Hills, NY, for petitioner. James E. Johnson, New York, N.Y. (Janet L. Zaleon of counsel), for respondent Cynthia Brann. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Michael J. Curtis, Johnnette Traill, and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel), respondent pro se.
Richard Cary Spivack, Forest Hills, NY, for petitioner.
James E. Johnson, New York, N.Y. (Janet L. Zaleon of counsel), for respondent Cynthia Brann.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Michael J. Curtis, Johnnette Traill, and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel), respondent pro se.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, J.P., ROBERT J. MILLER, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION, ORDER & JUDGMENT Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to release Ronald Williams on his own recognizance or, in the alternative, to set reasonable bail upon Queens County Indictment No. 30/2020.
ADJUDGED that the writ is sustained, without costs or disbursements, to the extent that bail on Queens County Indictment No. 30/2020 is reduced such that bail may be posted in the form of an insurance company bail bond in the sum of $50,000, in the form of a partially secured bond in the sum of $100,000, with the requirement of 10% down, or in the sum of $25,000 as a cash bail alternative; and it is further,
ORDERED that upon receipt of a copy of this decision, order and judgment together with proof that the defendant has given an insurance company bail bond in the sum of $50,000, or a partially secured bond in the sum of $100,000, with the requirement of 10% down, or has deposited the sum of $25,000 as a cash bail alternative, the Warden of the facility at which the defendant is incarcerated, or his or her agent, is directed to immediately release the defendant.
AUSTIN, J.P., MILLER, BRATHWAITE NELSON and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.