Ward v. Hammock

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Williams, J.), entered August 28, 1981 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, *595in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul a determination of the New York State Board of Parole denying him parole release. Petitioner, while on probation following a burglary conviction, was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree wherein an elderly victim was strangled to death. He was sentenced to a term of from 0 to 15 years imprisonment. Within five years, petitioner was released on parole. Less than two years…