Matter of Jones v. New York State Parole Board

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered September 25, 2014 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

Petitioner is serving an aggregate prison term of 25 years to life upon his conviction of a multitude of crimes, including murder, manslaughter, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon, as the result of incidents that occurred in 1980 and 1982. In April 2013, petitioner made his fourth appearance before…