Legal Opinion

McKnight v. Hammock

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1979Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward S. Conway, J.

This is a CPLR article 78 proceeding in which petitioner seeks a judgment: (1) declaring null and void the determina*1067tion that petitioner’s parole eligibility date be set at February, 1980; (2) directing respondents to grant petitioner a parole release hearing at the December, 1979 meeting of the Parole Board.

On January 6, 1978, following a plea of guilty by petitioner, he was sentenced to a term of 2 to 4 years for robbery in the third degree, to run concurrently with a previous 10-year sentence after a conviction of manslaughter in the first degree.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. MATTER OF BRIGUGLIO v. Bd. of ParoleNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. Watkins v. CaldwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  3. Ittig v. New York State Board of ParoleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977

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