Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Alvin Kay, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1948-04-09
Citations: 191 Misc. 511
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Alvin Kay, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 511–512

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Alvin Kay, Defendant.
Supreme Court, Special Term, Hew York County,
April 9, 1948.
Peter J. Haberkorn for defendant.
John P. McGrath, Corporation Counsel (Bernice P. Rogers of counsel), for plaintiff,

Opinion:
Koch, J.
This is an application for a certificate of reasonable doubt. It comes on by way of order to show cause containing a stay of execution and a provision admitting defendant to bail. The stay was obtained without notice to the District Attorney or the corporation counsel. The application is not before me on the merits, hut solely on the question of the hail and stay provisions. These provisions are stricken from the order to show cause on two grounds, (1) there has been no compliance with section 529 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and (2) even if there had been such compliance, while a stay' of execution was discretionary in this court, there was no power to admit the defendant to hail at that time (People ex rel. Hummel v. Reardon, 186 N. Y. 164). The amendment of section 529 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is of no avail to this defendant because the provisions with reference to stays are substantially unchanged hy the amendment. This disposition is without prejudice to a proper application for a stay of execution. The matter is returned to the Special Term, Part I, clerk for the April 15, 1948, calendar.