Jhajuan Sabb, who fatally shot a beloved West Hill grocery store worker, Sharaf Addailam, and wounded another man last year was sentenced Friday in Albany County court
Because of that federal case, Sabb remains in jail.
“The courts tell CBS6 this $1 bail ensures that the time Sabb is serving now for the federal case, can be counted towards his second-degree murder charge. County court leaders say this is a result of the bail reform laws. They say under the new bail reform statutes, judges have the discretion to consider the least restrictive non-monetary condition. In Sabb s case, the judge could have released him, or remanded him, and he chose to set that condition at $1.
Now local law enforcement leaders are shaking their heads. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says it s ridiculous.