People ex rel. Thomas v Leeper

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People v Leeper 2020 NY Slip Op 02748 Decided on May 8, 2020 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on May 8, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, J.P.
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON
ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
2020-03444

[*1]The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Richard Thomas, petitioner,

v

Bill Leeper, etc., et al., respondents.



Richard Thomas, East Meadow, NY, petitioner pro se.

Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Rachael Whalen of counsel), respondent pro se.



DECISION & JUDGMENT

Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to release Richard Thomas on his own recognizance or for bail reduction upon Nassau County Indictment No. 1257/18.

ADJUDGED that the writ is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

The bail determination did not violate "constitutional or statutory standards" (People ex rel. Klein v Krueger , 25 NY2d 497, 499; see People ex rel. Rosenthal v Wolfson , 48 NY2d 230).

AUSTIN, J.P., HINDS-RADIX, BRATHWAITE NELSON and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court



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