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WHERE MODIFICATION OF A SECURING ORDER (RELEASE ON BAIL) IS NOT BASED UPON RISK OF FLIGHT, BUT RATHER IS BASED UPON THE COMMISSION OF FELONIES WHILE RELEASED ON BAIL, A FULL EVIDENTIARY HEARING MUST BE HELD, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, THE PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS OF GRAND JURY TESTIMONY (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Garcia, clarified the appropriate procedures for modifying a securing order when a defendant who has been released on bail is alleged to have committed other crimes:

While out on bail after his arrest for a felony, defendant was arrested three times for additional violent felonies. The court modified his securing order by remanding defendant. This appeal concerns the overlap between statutory provisions governing modifications to securing orders under these circumstances. We now hold that, where otherwise applicable, courts may modify a securing order when a defendant is charged with additional class A or violent felonies pursuant to either CPL 530.60 (1) or 530.60 (2) (a), but that, where the Court proceeds under CPL 530.60 (1), the record must reflect that the decision was based on the risk of flight factors and criteria in CPL 510.30. Where, as here, the record does not demonstrate that the court’s decision was based on defendant’s increased risk of flight, it will be assumed that the court proceeded pursuant to CPL 530.60 (2) (a) and a failure to follow the procedural requirements of CPL 530.60 (2) (c) will be considered error. * * *

Where a court modifies a securing order on [a]reasonable cause finding, and so determines that a defendant poses a danger to the community, the court must ensure that the procedural requirements of subdivision (2) (c) are followed (see e.g. People ex rel. Ryan v Warden, 113 AD2d 116, 117 [1st Dept 1985] [subdivision (2) (c) hearing required where “(p)etitioner’s remand without bail was, concededly, based solely upon his arrest for a new charge as provided for in CPL 530.60 (2) (a) and not on any finding that there was a likelihood he might not return to court (under) CPL 530.60 (1)”]). These prerequisites—a hearing with relevant, admissible evidence and the cross-examination of witnesses, or the submission of grand jury testimony transcripts—are designed to provide the court with a basis for a reasonable cause determination and to ensure that a defendant receives due process. While the procedural prerequisites provide for a more formal hearing with witness testimony, they also provide the People with the option, as they did upon remittal here, to submit transcripts of grand jury testimony—a streamlined approach that may provide the support needed for a reasonable cause finding. People ex rel. Rankin v Brann, 2024 NY Slip Op 00850, CtApp 2-20-24

Practice Point: Before bail is revoked because the defendant is alleged to have committed felonies while released on bail, a full evidentiary hearing must be held to flesh out the alleged crimes, or the People may submit transcripts of grand jury testimony. The mere allegation that defendant committed additional crimes while on bail is not enough.

 

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