CPL Part 3 Title P (Procedures For Securing Attendance At Criminal Actions And Proceedings Of Defendants And Witnesses Under Control Of Court–Recognizance, Bail) governs when a defendant may be remanded to the custody of sheriff, when he must be released on recognizance or on conditions, and when and what types of bail may be fixed. The rules are new, and complex. NYSentencing helps make sense of it all. View some sample reports.