People ex rel. Watts v Warden, Otis Bantum Corr. Ctr., 2024 NY Slip Op 04511 [230 AD3d 1279]

September 23, 2024

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Gregory S. Watts, on Behalf of Walter Porter, Petitioner,

v

Warden, Otis Bantum Correctional Center, Respondent.

Watts & Watts, Brooklyn, NY (Gregory S. Watts pro se of counsel), for petitioner.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Morgan J. Dennehey, Jonathan Visotzky, and Matthew Perry of counsel), for respondent.

Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to release Walter Porter upon his own recognizance or, in the alternative, to set reasonable bail upon Kings County indictment No. 1199/2019.

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

The Supreme Court, Kings County, did not abuse its discretion in remanding the principal, Walter Porter, pursuant to CPL 530.60 (2) (b) ( see CPL 530.60 [2] [b] [iv]; see also People ex rel. Rankin v Brann , 41 NY3d 436 [2024]). Barros, J.P., Miller, Ford and Dowling, JJ., concur..