People ex rel. Padilla v. Brann

People ex rel. Padilla v Brann (2021 NY Slip Op 02376)
People ex rel. Padilla v Brann
2021 NY Slip Op 02376
Decided on April 20, 2021
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on April 20, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
HECTOR D. LASALLE
PAUL WOOTEN, JJ.

2021-02455

[*1]The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Alexis Padilla, on behalf of Kane Motta, petitioner,

v

Cynthia Brann, etc., respondent.




Alexis G. Padilla, named herein as Alexis Padilla, Brooklyn, NY, petitioner pro se.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, Sharon Y. Brodt of counsel), for respondent.

Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to release Kane Motta upon his own recognizance or to set reasonable bail upon Queens County Indictment Nos. 347/2019 and 897/2020.



ADJUDGED that the writ is sustained, without costs or disbursements, to the extent that bail upon Queens County Indictment No. 897/2020 is set in the sum of $250,000 posted in the form of an insurance company bail bond, the sum of $250,000 posted in the form of a partially secured bond, with the requirement of 10% down, or the sum of $250,000 deposited as a cash bail alternative, on condition that, in addition to posting a bond or depositing the cash alternative set forth above, Kane Motta shall (1) wear an electronic monitoring bracelet, with monitoring services to be provided by a qualified entity pursuant to CPL 510.40(4)(c), and any violations of the conditions set forth herein relating to the electronic monitoring shall be reported by the electronic monitoring service provider to the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County; (2) remain confined to his residence, located in Queens County, except for visits to his attorney, his doctors, or court, and must travel directly from his home to his attorney, his doctors, or court, and directly back to his home, when conducting those visits; (3) surrender all passports, if any, he may have to the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County, or, if he does not possess a passport, provide to the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County an affidavit, in a form approved by the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County, in which he attests that he does not possess a passport, and shall not apply for any new or replacement passports; and (4) provide to the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County an affidavit, in a form approved by the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County, in which he attests that if he leaves the jurisdiction he agrees to waive the right to oppose extradition from any foreign jurisdiction; and it is further,

ORDERED that upon receipt of a copy of this decision, order and judgment together with proof that Kane Motta has given an insurance company bail bond in the sum of $250,000, has given a partially secured bond in the sum of $250,000, with the requirement of 10% down, or has deposited the sum of $250,000 as a cash bail alternative, has arranged for electronic monitoring with a qualified entity pursuant to CPL 510.40(4)(c), has surrendered all passports, if any, he may have to the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County, or, if he does not possess a passport, has provided to the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County an affidavit, in a form approved by the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County, in which he attests that he does not possess [*2]a passport, and shall not apply for any new or replacement passports; and has provided to the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County an affidavit, in a form approved by the Office of the District Attorney of Queens County, in which he attests that if he leaves the jurisdiction he agrees to waive the right to oppose extradition from any foreign jurisdiction, the Warden of the facility at which Kane Motta is incarcerated, or his or her agent, is directed to immediately release Kane Motta from incarceration under Queens County Indictment No. 897/2020.

CHAMBERS, J.P., AUSTIN, LASALLE and WOOTEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court