PEOPLE v. MALDONADO


95 Misc.2d 113 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Myrna Maldonado, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County.

May 22, 1978


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Erdmann and Fred Bennett for defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Steven Tekulski of counsel), for plaintiff.


BENJAMIN ALTMAN, J.

The defendant requests reduced bail or release on recognizance. She raises an interesting argument against the bail set in her case: she alleges that bail was set beyond the means of the defendant to pay, thus imposing preventive detention.

The facts of the situation are as follows.

On April 19, 1978, the defendant was arrested and charged with assault in the second degree...

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