PEOPLE v. GORIS


299 A.D.2d 194 (2002)

749 N.Y.S.2d 530

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. YOVANNY GORIS, Defendant. INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, as Surety, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided November 12, 2002.


The court correctly denied the surety's remission motion, which was based on broad, unsupported hearsay statements from the surety's attorney (see People v Peerless Ins. Co., 21 A.D.2d 609, 615). These statements did not set forth the specific steps taken by the surety to ensure defendant's appearance in court or to locate defendant after he had absconded. Moreover, the attorney's affirmation admitted that the surety was not even...

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