Opinion
2021-04065 S.C.I. 2020-009s
06-10-2021
The People, etc., plaintiff, v. Megan Sterngast, defendant.
M277583 E/mb
DECISION & ORDER ON APPLICATION
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, Associate Justice
Application by the defendant pursuant to CPL 530.45 to be released on her own recognizance or, in the alternative, to set bail after her convictions of grand larceny in the fourth degree and petit larceny in the County Court, Orange County, upon a plea of guilty, on January 23, 2020, and a determination on May 27, 2021, that she failed to successfully complete her interim probation. The County Court, Orange County, remanded the defendant pending the imposition of sentence.
Upon the papers filed in support of the application and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the application is granted, and the defendant's bail is set in the sum of $5,000, posted in the form of an insurance company bail bond, in the sum of $10,000, posted in the form of a partially secured surety bond, with the requirement of 10% down, or in the sum of $2,500, deposited as a cash bail alternative; and it is further, ORDERED that if, within 30 days after the imposition of sentence, the defendant has not taken an appeal to this Court from the judgment of conviction or sentence, the operation of this order shall terminate and be of no further effect and the defendant shall thereafter surrender herself to the County Court, Orange County, so that execution of the sentence may take place; and it is further, ORDERED that unless the appeal shall have been brought to argument or submitted to this Court within 120 days after the filing of the notice of appeal, or unless this Court shall have extended the operation of this order on application, this order shall terminate and be of no further effect and the defendant shall thereafter surrender herself to the County Court, Orange County, so that execution of the sentence may take place; and it is further, ORDERED that upon the termination of this order as provided above, this order shall constitute authorization to any peace officer to arrest and deliver the defendant to the sentencing court for execution of sentence; and it is further, ORDERED that upon receipt of a copy this decision and order on application together with proof that the defendant has given an insurance company bail bond in the amount of $5,000 or a partially secured surety bond in the amount of $10,000, with the requirement of 10% down, or has deposited the sum of $2,500 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; and it is further, ORDERED that counsel for the defendant shall serve a copy of this order, by mail, on the Clerk of the County Court, Orange County.