Judges who may stay judgment pending appeal to county court
Upon an appeal to county court from a judgment of sentence of a local criminal court, an order pursuant to CPL 460.50, staying or suspending execution of the judgment pending termination of the appeal and either releasing defendant on his own recognizance or fixing bail, may be issued by a judge of the county court to which the appeal has been taken or a justice of the supreme court in the judicial district in which the local court is located. In the case of any appeal as of right from a judgment or sentence of a city court, such order also may be issued by a judge of such city court.
On an appeal to County Court from a local criminal court's judgment of sentence, a CPL 460.50 order staying execution and releasing the defendant (on recognizance or bail) may be issued by a County Court judge of the court hearing the appeal or a Supreme Court justice in that judicial district. For a city-court appeal as of right, a city court judge may also issue it.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.