The scope of collateral review by a court hearing a habeas corpus petition concerning the grant or denial of a bail application is quite narrow and is concerned only with whether the court abused its discretion pursuant to CPL 510.30 or violated a constitutional standard prohibiting excessive bail or its arbitrary refusal (People ex rel. Hunt v Warden,
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