New York Supreme Court December 11, 2002 (People ex rel. Hinspeter v. Senkowski)

OPINION OF THE COURT

John P. DiBlasi, J.

“Although there is no absolute federal constitutional right to bail pending appeal, once a state makes provisions for such bail, the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments require that it not be denied arbitrarily or unreasonably” (Pulaski v Hopkins, 745 F Supp 882, 885 [ED NY 1990]). In this case of first impression, the court is asked to declare CPL 530.