Williams v. Travis

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Canfield, J.), entered September 5, 2000 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 is serving a prison sentence of 20 years to Ufe after having been convicted of murder in the second degree. The conviction emanates from an incident in which petitioner shot an individual with a handgun. In August 1999, the Board of Parole denied petitioner’s application for parole release. Supreme…