Amen v. New York State Division of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McDonough, J.), entered March 8, 2012 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

In 2007, petitioner was convicted of robbery in the third degree and sentenced to a prison term of 2 to 4 years. In March 2011, petitioner appeared before the Board of Parole seeking to be released to parole supervision. Following the hearing, the Board denied petitioner’s request and ordered him held an…