United States of America Ex Rel. Herbert Sperling, Relator-Appellant v. Walter v. Fitzpatrick, Warden, West Street House of Detention

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1970-05-12

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LUMBARD, Chief Judge (concurring). I concur in the result reached by Judge Hays in this case of first impression in this Circuit. I do so because I believe that the confines within which the parole portion of the criminal justice system operates allow no other practical result. Ideally, the parole officer in our system serves a dual function.- First, he should counsel the paroled pri…

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