General
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Bahar Ansari, on Behalf of Shapele Clarke, Petitioner, v. Joseph Ponte, Respondent
151 A.D.3d 66652 N.Y.S.3d 910·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·2017·NY
Leventhal, J.P., Hall, Hinds-Radix and Maltese, JJ., concur.
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Opinion
Second Department,
June, 2017
(June 1, 2017)
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Bahar Ansari, on Behalf of Shapele Clarke, Petitioner, v Joseph Ponte, Respondent.
[52 NYS3d 910]
[MAJORITY]
Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to reduce bail upon Kings County indictment No. 7613/16.
Adjudged that the writ is sustained, without costs or disbursements, to the extent of reducing bail on Kings County indictment No. 7613/16 to the sum of $25,000, which may be posted in the form of an insurance company bail bond in that sum or by depositing the sum of $10,000 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 $25,000 or has deposited the sum of $10,000 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.
Leventhal, J.P., Hall, Hinds-Radix and Maltese, JJ., concur.