Court Opinion

ID: 9443245
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 19:15:24.071626+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:25.339209
License: Public Domain

CLARK, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I adopt as my views concerning bail the views of Judge Clark of the Second Circuit set forth in United States v. Field, 1951, 193 F.2d 92. Bail is to serve the convenience of the accused and to assure his appearance at an appointed time and place, and it should not be granted when there is even the slightest cause to doubt the appearance of the accused when required. Events of the recent past, of which this court is well aware and which serve to support the finding that the Civil Rights Congress is not a satisfactory surety and not a satisfactory source of cash or other bail, serve also to raise more than a slight doubt that bail will assure appearance of Christoffel when required. Therefore, I would deny the continued enlargement of Christoffel on bail.