Young v. New York State Division of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Sackett, J.), entered November 17, 2009 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.

Petitioner was convicted of murder in the second degree for the beating and strangulation of his live-in girlfriend and, in 1979, was sentenced to a prison term of 23 years to life. Seeking parole release, petitioner appeared for the fifth time before the Board of Parole in 2008. At the conclusion of the…