Article 500, 510, 520, 530 & 540 Special Proceedings & Miscellaneous Procedures Flashcards
CPL 500.10-5
Select the correct answer.
A securing order, as defined in CPL, is used:
(a) only to commit a principal to custody
(b) only to fix bail
(c) only to commit to custody or fix bail
(d) to commit to custody, fix bail, or release a principal on his own recognizance.
Answer: (d)
Choice (d) is correct (CPL 500.10-5). See also CPL 510.10.
CPL 500.10 (3-c)
When a defendant appearing before the court appears, by clear and convincing evidence, to be mentally ill at the present moment such that if left unattended their conduct may result in harm to him or herself or others, the court may:
(a) commit the defendant to the county jail pending an examination by a psychiatrist;
(b) hold the defendant in court until a mental health professional arrives in court, examines the defendant and pronounces him or her fit to be released;
(c) find the defendant not guilty be reason of insanity at that juncture in the proceedings;
(d) order as a condition of release under supervision that the defendant seek a voluntary psychiatric assessment under section 9.13 of the mental hygiene law if the defendant has a recently documented history of mental illness or psychiatric hospitalization, and the defense consents to the assessment.
Answer: (d) (New, 2022)
The correct answer is (d) per CPL 500.10 (3-c).
The other answers are not supported by the statute.
CPL 500.10(1)
Under CPL 500.10, a defendant should now be referred to as the:
(a) guilty party;
(b) principal;
(c) arrestee;
(d) putative defendant.
Answer (b) (New, 2022)
The correct answer is (b) per CPL 500.10 (1).
The other answers are not supported by the statute.
CPL 500.10-12
Select the correct answer.
A surety is:
(a) any obligor
(b) any defendant
(c) an obligor who is not a principal
(d) a principal who is not an obligor.
Answer: (c)
Choice (c) is correct (CPL 500.10-12).
CPL 500.10-14, 19
Select the correct answer.
On his agreement to pay a specified sum in the event of his failure to appear when required, defendant charged with a crime is at liberty pending disposition of the charge. There is no deposit of money or lien on property. This is properly known as:
(a) an unsecured appearance bond
(b) a partially secured appearance bond
(c) a release on own recognizance
(d) a surety bond.
Answer: (a)
Choice (a) is correct (CPL 500.10-14, 19).
CPL 500.10-11, 14, 15
Select the correct answer.
The difference between a surety bond and an appearance bond is that:
(a) in the surety bond, only the principal insures his own appearance, by posting a bond
(b) in the appearance bond, the principal must appear as required, or the other persons who have agreed to be financially responsible for him will pay the amount of the bond
(c) in the surety bond, the liability is always on an insurance company, but on an appearance bond the liability is on private individuals
(d) in an appearance bond, the only liability is on the principal; in the surety bond there must be an obligor who is not a principal.
Answer: (d)
Choice (d) is correct (CPL 500.10-11, 14, 15)
CPL 500.10-l 7(a)
Select the correct answer.
Defendant, having been arrested and charged, wants to post bail for his future appearance. He has United States government bonds with a face value. If he is able to use these bonds for his bail, which is substantially less than the value of the bonds, it would be:
(a) unsecured bail bond
(b) partially secured bail bond
(c) surety bond
(d) secured bail bond.
Answer: (d)
Choice (d) is correct [CPL 500.10-17(a)].
CPL 500.10-18
Select the correct answer.
A partially secured bail bond is secured only by money not exceeding a percentage of the total amount of the undertaking. The percentage is:
(a) five
(b) ten
(c) twenty
(d) twenty-five.
Answer: (b)
Choice (b) is correct (CPL 500.10-18).
CPL 510.10(4)(u)
For the purposes of assessing bail on a defendant, a charge of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the third degree, Penal Law 265.02(3),or Criminal Sale of a Firearm to a Minor, Penal Law 265.16, are:
(a) non-qualifying offenses under all circumstances;
(b) qualifying offenses only if the weapon injured someone;
(c) qualifying offenses without other requirements;
(d) non-qualifying offenses for a first offense.
Answer: (c) (New, 2022)
The correct answer is (c) per CPL 510.10(4)(u).
The other answers are not supported by the statute.
CPL 510.15
Select the correct answer.
Generally, when a defendant under age sixteen is in custody under court order while awaiting trial:
(a) he must be kept in a place certified by the Commissioner of Corrections of New York as a juvenile detention facility for the reception of children
(b) he must be kept in a place certified by the office of children and family services as a juvenile detention facility for the reception of children
(c) he must be kept in a place certified by the local police commissioner as a juvenile detention facility for the reception of children
(d) he may be kept in any detention facility, provided that to the maximum extent possible he is kept separate and apart from adult prisoners.
Answer: (b)
Choice (b) is correct (CPL 510.15).
CPL 510.20
Select the correct answer.
An application for bail may be made:
(a) only on arraignment
(b) only before commencement of trial
(c) only before verdict or plea of guilty
(d) at any time defendant is in custody pursuant to court order.
Answer: (d)
Choice (d) is correct (CPL 510.20).
CPL 510.30-2
Select the correct statement concerning bail for a defendant whose pending appeal is obviously without merit.
(a) Denial of bail is required
(b) Denial of bail is justified on this sole ground
(c) Denial of bail is justified only if other factors are also present
(d) Denial of bail is justified only if two or more other factors are present.
Answer: (b)
Choice (b) is correct (CPL 510.30-2(b)).
CPL 510.40-2
Upon the issuance of an order fixing bail, where authorized, and upon the posting thereof, the court shall perform several necessary functions. Among them are, in numbered but random order:
1. approve the bail (in the absence of some facts or circumstances requiring disapproval).
2. examine the bail (for compliance with the order).
3. direct the sheriff to discharge the principal from custody (if he/she is in custody).
4. issue a certificate of release (authorizing the principal to be at liberty).
What is the proper sequence of events which must take place to process the bail?
(a) 1,3,4,2
(b) 4,2,1,3
(c) 2,1,4,3
(d) 3,4,2,1
Answer: (c)
Choice (c) shows the proper and logical sequence to be followed.
CPL 520.10-1
Select the correct answer.
Bail may be posted by credit card for:
(a) any case in which bail is authorized and ordered
(b) no case
(c) any violation of the vehicle and traffic law, only
(d) any violation, only.
Answer: (a)
CPL 520.10 provides that payment by credit card is an authorized
form of bai
CPL 520.15-1
Select all correct answers as to where cash bail may be posted.
(a) County treasurer of the county where the action is pending
(b) In New York City, the commissioner of finance
(c) The court which fixed the bail
(d) The sheriff having custody of the defendant.
Answers: (a), (b), (c) and (d)
All choices are correct (CPL 520.15-1).
CPL 520.20-2(e)
Select the correct answer.
The obligors on a bail bond are jointly and severally liable on the bond. If there are three obligors on a three thousand dollar bond, this means that:
(a) each obligor is individually liable for the whole amount, up to a collective limit of three thousand dollars
(b) each obligor is individually liable for the whole amount, so that a total of nine thousand dollars could be collected
(c) each obligor is liable up to one thousand dollars
(d) if one obligor pays two thousand dollars, the others are each liable only up to five hundred dollars each.
Answer: (a)
Choice (a) is correct [CPL 520.20-2(e)].