MATTER OF JORDAN v. LOOS


204 Misc. 814 (1953)

In the Matter of Mary Jordan, Petitioner, v. Alfred R. Loos et al., Individually and Constituting The Board of Parole of the State of New York, Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Sullivan County.

October 29, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Epstein and Daniel H. Greenberg for petitioner.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Wendell P. Brown, John C. Crary, Jr., and Edward Siegfried of counsel), for respondents.

Sol Rubin for National Probation and Parole Association, amicus curiæ.

Whitman Knapp for Edward R. Cass, individually and as general secretary of the American Prison Association, amicus curiæ.


BOOKSTEIN, J.

One Joseph S. Fay has heretofore been convicted of the crime of extortion and sentenced to a term of imprisonment and confinement to Sing Sing prison. He was eligible for parole in February, 1953, and his case was considered by respondents on January 22, 1953. Respondents determined that his release on parole was not warranted and hence did not release him on parole despite his eligibility. Instead...

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