Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Bahar Ansari, on Behalf of Shapele Clarke, Petitioner, v. Joseph Ponte, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-06-01
Citations: 151 A.D.3d 666
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Bahar Ansari, on Behalf of Shapele Clarke, Petitioner, v Joseph Ponte, Respondent.
Judges: Leventhal, J.P., Hall, Hinds-Radix and Maltese, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 666–667

Head Matter:
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]

Opinion:
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.