Shaw v. Coughlin

OPINION OF THE COURT

George L. Cobb, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, an inmate of a correctional facility challenges the manner in which the respondents have computed the minimum and maximum term of his present sentence.

*865Having been convicted of robbery in the third degree, the petitioner, on May 26, 1972, received a reformatory sentence of no minimum and a maximum of 4 years pursuant to article 75 of the Penal Law, which article was thereafter repealed (see L 1974, ch 652, as amd by L 1974, ch 653). After serving 1 year 3 months and 21 days of that sentence, he was released on parole and…