Pender v. Travis

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Bradley, J.), entered November 25, 1996 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 was convicted upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree and was sentenced to a prison term of seven years to life. Petitioner’s challenge to respondent’s November 1994 determination denying him parole has been rendered moot by respondent’s November…