People ex rel. Ellis v. Imperati

Summary

The Court of Appeals held that making a terroristic threat is a bail-eligible offense under CPL 510.10 (4) (a), even though CPL 510.10 (4) (g) expressly excludes that offense from the terrorism-related category of qualifying offenses. It reasoned that the statute's disjunctive structure makes each paragraph an independent authorization for bail and that the exclusion in paragraph (g) does not limit paragraph (a)'s separate coverage of violent felonies.