Matter of Crawford v. New York State Board of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McDonough, J.), entered February 2, 2016, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

Petitioner is currently serving a 25- to 50-year prison sentence for the forcible rape and other sexual offenses against a female relative in 1986 and 1987 (People v Crawford, 183 AD2d 775 [1992], lv denied 80 NY2d 902 [1992]). On July 15, 2014, petitioner reappeared before respondent Board of Parole and, following a…